[HACKERS] A more precise polygon_overlap()

2002-05-22 Thread Kenneth Chan
Gents, I am looking for a more precise polygon overlap test and any comment/pointers/suggestions are appreciated. Attached is the modified poly_overlap in geoops.c. If the polygons pass the bounding box check, the following tests will be carried out. The tests are terminated as soon as

Re: [HACKERS] A more precise polygon_overlap()

2002-05-22 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: Kenneth Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HACKERS] A more precise polygon_overlap() Gents, I am looking for a more precise polygon overlap test and any comment/pointers/suggestions

Re: [HACKERS] A more precise polygon_overlap()

2002-05-22 Thread Dann Corbit
This might be a possible fit: http://www.magic-software.com/Applications.html (see Boolean operations on 2D polygons. Based on BSP trees near the bottom of the page). The license agreement might be acceptable. I'm not a lawyer, so I can't be sure how free it really is to use from reading this:

Re: [HACKERS] A more precise polygon_overlap()

2002-05-22 Thread Paul Ramsey
See http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/jtshome.htm for a robust set of algorithms in Java which do all the spatial predicates (the 3x3 Egenhofer matrix). Also union, difference, and buffer. It is licenced LGPL. Also see PostGIS (http://postgis.refractions.net) (licenced GPL) for a set of