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commit f8a0f8132aa321e2a62aef83dea358424fe4401b
Author: Martin Davis <mtnclimb at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Jan 26 11:05:08 2023 -0800
Fix doc typos in ST_AlphaShape
diff --git a/doc/reference_sfcgal.xml b/doc/reference_sfcgal.xml
index 5e394158a..08c9d3735 100644
--- a/doc/reference_sfcgal.xml
+++ b/doc/reference_sfcgal.xml
@@ -498,31 +498,34 @@ FROM ( SELECT ST_Extrude(ST_Buffer(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(100 90)'),
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsection>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para>Computes the
- <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_shape">Alpha-Shape</ulink>
- of the points in a geometry,
- which is a polygonal geometry enclosing all the points in the input.
- The "closeness of fit" of the result is controlled by the <parameter>alpha</parameter> parameter,
- which can have values from 0 to infinity.
- Smaller alpha value produce more concave results.
- Alpha values greater than some (usually large) value produce the convex hull of the input.
- </para>
- <note><para>
- Following the CGAL implementation, the alpha value is the <emphasis>square</emphasis> of the radius of the disc used
- in the Alpha-Shape algorithm to "erode" the Delaunay Triangulation of the input points.
- See <ulink url="https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Alpha_shapes_2/index.html#Chapter_2D_Alpha_Shapes">CGAL Alpha-Shapes</ulink>
- for more information.
- This is different to the orignal definition of alpha-shapes,
- which defines alpha as the radius of the eroding disc.
- </para></note>
-
- <para>The computed alpha-shape will not contain holes unless the optional <varname>allow_holes</varname> argument is specified as true.
- </para>
- <para>
- This function effectively computes a concave hull of a geometry, but using CGAL and a different algorithm than <xref linkend="ST_ConcaveHull" />.
- </para>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Computes the
+ <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_shape">Alpha-Shape</ulink>
+ of the points in a geometry.
+ An alpha-shape is a polygonal geometry enclosing all the points in the input.
+ The "closeness of fit" of the result is controlled by the <varname>alpha</varname> parameter,
+ which can have values from 0 to infinity.
+ Smaller alpha values produce more concave results.
+ Alpha values greater than some data-dependent value produce the convex hull of the input.
+ </para>
+
+ <note><para>
+ Following the CGAL implementation, the alpha value is the <emphasis>square</emphasis> of the radius of the disc used
+ in the Alpha-Shape algorithm to "erode" the Delaunay Triangulation of the input points.
+ See <ulink url="https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Alpha_shapes_2/index.html#Chapter_2D_Alpha_Shapes">CGAL Alpha-Shapes</ulink>
+ for more information.
+ This is different from the original definition of alpha-shapes,
+ which defines alpha as the radius of the eroding disc.
+ </para></note>
+
+ <para>The computed shape does not contain holes unless the optional <varname>allow_holes</varname> argument is specified as true.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This function effectively computes a concave hull of a geometry in a similar way to <xref linkend="ST_ConcaveHull" />,
+ but uses CGAL and a different algorithm.
+ </para>
<para>Availability: 3.3.0 - requires SFCGAL >= 1.4.1.</para>
<para>&sfcgal_required;</para>
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