Re: [boost] Another GGL review

Subject: Re: [boost] Another GGL review
From: Fabio Fracassi (f.fracassi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-18 14:48:34

Barend Gehrels wrote:
> Hi,   
>>
>> Yes, I can see this being a killer app for many use-cases, which makes
>> GGL very useful to many, even without a spatial index.
>>   
> Thanks for this. I like to add that GGL is more than polygon clipping 
> alone! The most simple and obvious algorithms are all included in a 
> generic way: distance, area, point-in-polygon. I think many users could 
> profit from that as well, without reinventing the wheel each time. I 
> agree that these algorithms are not that difficult, but they are 
> implemented here for cartesian, spherical coordinate systems and for 
> more geometry types or geometry type pairs, which is not trivial.
> 

Exactly. I want to add another thing which makes GGL very useful: The 
actual instantiations of the concepts. Having them inside boost goes a 
long way in standardizing them. This makes it extremely important that 
the concepts are general and generic, which I am confident they are.

Regards

Fabio