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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] simplify polygons to 4 points |
| Date: |
02/24/2005 02:20:01 AM |
| From: |
M. Eleiche |
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is clipping rectangle is adequate for you??
what is the format of data : XYZ, SHP, ...
Regards
Mohamed Eleiche
Executive Director
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GeoTiba Systems
P O Box 17, Zamalek
Cairo, 11211, Egypt
Mobile +20 10 147 9703
Tel/Fax +20 2 757 8060
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Callahan" <diodata@UDel.Edu>
To: <gislist@lists.thinkburst.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:48 PM
Subject: [gislist] simplify polygons to 4 points
> This might sound strange but I am looking for a tool (extension,
> algorithm, etc...) that simplifies multi-vertex (5+) polygons to only 4
> points. An example would be to imagine you had building footprints for
> a town. And all you need is a rectangle to represent each building. It
> would be nice if the rectangle had the same general orientation and size
> as the building footprint. Sounds like an easy enough question but
> might be very time consuming to code up from scratch.
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> Thanks for any advice you can give. Will sum.
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> - John
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