[OpenLayers-Users] Schaub Buffer external library

[Tim Schaub]

Hey-

Joseph Miller wrote:
> 
> In February of 2008 Tim Schaub sent an email about a patch in his 
> sandbox that used a minkowski sum (I think) to create a client-side 
> buffer.  The end results typically had self-intersections.  He mentioned 
> that an upgraded version(as an external library) might be on the way 
> that included polygon simplification to remove the self-intersection. 
>  Does anyone if this was ever released?  If not, does anyone have any 
> suggestions for an algorithm that could remove self-intersection?  I 
> don't think convex hulls would work because I think the resulting buffer 
> would lose all detail.  Sorting the vertices clockwise using atan2 
> didn't work either.
> 

Though I am interested in working on it, it hasn't become a work 
priority since I made that comment.

I would be interested in talking more about what you're working on.

Tim

> Thanks,
> Joe Miller
> 
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