[gdal-dev] GDALPolygonize using float buffers

[Jorge Arévalo]

Hello,


On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> On 11-05-13 06:51 AM, Jorge Arévalo wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there any reason to limit the GDALPolygonize function to read data
>> in int32 buffers, instead of using 32b float or even 64b double ones?
>> As I stated in ticket #4005 (http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/4005),
>> I want to code an alternative version using these kind of buffers. But
>> I don't know if I'm missing something.
>
> Jorge,
>
> There are no *compelling* reasons to limit polygonization to integer
> data, but once you get into floating point data lots of questions do
> arise about value comparisons will be done - will it be a "within
> epsilon" sort of test or are you looking for exact floating point matches?
>

I'm using the AlmostEqual2sComplement function from
http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm
to float comparison. Do you think it's a good approach?


> If a floating point option is available, I think there will still need to
> be a version of the algorithm operating on integer buffers to avoid
> problems representing some integer values in floating point and potentially
> more expensive comparisons.
>

Of course. I've created new algorithms for this (most of the parts
cloning the original ones). I'ts kinda duplicating code, but I don't
want to interfere with the original functions.

> That said, I'm ok with extending the function to support floating point
> bands.
>

Good :)


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