[geos-devel] "self intersecting" polys

[Chris G. Nicholas]

How difficult would it be for GEOS to support so-called "self intersecting" polygons - i.e. those with a common vertex. Must we explode this sort of thing into a huge number of overlapping polygons?

thanks!

Chris Nicholas
GlobeXplorer


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