Re: [boost] Formal Review: Boost.Polygon starts today August 24, 2009

Subject: Re: [boost] Formal Review: Boost.Polygon starts today August 24, 2009
From: Tim Keitt (tkeitt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-25 15:39:11

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Phil
Endecott<spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Dear Luke & others,
>
...
> Marker Merging:  I have lots of small square markers indicating search
> results on a map.  If the map is zoomed out so that the whole planet is
> visible and you search for something common like "lake", it will attempt to
...
> Border Simplification:  I have data describing state outlines as
> polygon-sets.  I want to pre-process that into a format that permits rapid
> rendering; specifically, I want to generate multi-resolution versions with
...

Just thought I would mention the Generic Geometry Library effort at
https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/ggl for mapping applications.
The design and purpose do seem distinct from Boost.Polygon.

THK

-- 
Timothy H. Keitt
http://www.keittlab.org/