Re: [boost] Is there any interest in a template geometry library?

From: Malte Clasen (news_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-14 21:48:50

Barend Gehrels wrote:
> Is there any interest in a template geometry library?

a few weeks ago, the authors of the "geometric template library" asked 
the same question (search for "GTL", http://tinyurl.com/2vftbb ). Since 
I guess that the supposedly outstanding speed of the GTL is not required 
by most who signaled interest, I assume that many would happily use your 
more generic library.

FWIW, I'm particularly interested in clipping generic 2D polygons. I 
have to process GIS data for our landscape visualization research 
project, so the OGC conventions are already followed in most of our 
existing code. Generic polygon triangulation would be a plus, but I 
still don't know whether we'll really need it.

Do you have any timeframe for the publication of your library? I have to 
find one by May 08, so I'd really appreciate if you could upload an 
initial version to the Boost sandbox in Q1/08.

Malte