[Gdal-dev] Cookie cutting shapefiles in OGR

[Matthew Perry]

On 7/4/06, Chapman, Martin <MChapman at sanz.com> wrote:
> 2.  If you actually want to clip intersecting geometries and reshape
> them to your cookie cutter geometry then you need to use a library like
> GPC (http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/alan/software/ ). ......  If
> Frank W. is reading this posting I would urge him to consider including
> GPC as part of OGR since it's small, fast, powerful, and easy to use.

The GPC licensing might make that tricky:

 "You may not use this software, in whole or in part, in support of
any commercial product without the express consent of the author."

This would conflict with GDAL/OGR's license quite a bit.

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Matt Perry
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