[OSGeo-Discuss] Topology -> Geography

[Patrick Maue]

If you can define your topological relationships in a graph (eg. point
data set and connections for neighbourship), you might want to have a
look at graph drawing algorithms [1].
 

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_drawing

regards,
 Patrick Maué


nicholas.g.lawrence at mainroads.qld.gov.au wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> There are established tools that analyse geographic objects and extract the
> topological relationships, what polygon borders what polygon, etc.
>
> Is there anything that does the reverse? That is a tool that given a set of
> topological relationships, can build a simple geography that matches it?
>
> Regards,
> Nick Lawrence
>
>
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