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Copyright (c) 1995-2010 Barend Gehrels, Geodan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France.
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Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Mateusz Loskot (mateusz@loskot.net), London, UK
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Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
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Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
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http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
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===============================================================================/]
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[section Introduction]
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The __boost_geometry__ (aka Generic Geometry Library, GGL), part of collection of
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the Boost C++ Libraries, defines concepts, primitives and algorithms for solving
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computational geometry problems.
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The __boost_geometry__ contains a dimension-agnostic, coordinate-system-agnostic
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and scalable kernel, based on concepts, meta-functions and tag- dispatching.
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On top of that kernel, algorithms are built: area, length, perimeter, centroid,
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convex hull, intersection (clipping), within (point in polygon), distance,
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envelope (bounding box), simplify, transform, convert, and more.
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The library is also designed to support high precision arithmetic numbers,
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such as __gmp__.
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The Boost Geometry contains instantiable geometry classes, but library users can
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also use their own. Using registration macros or traits classes their geometries
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can be adapted to fulfil the Boost Geometry concepts.
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The Boost Geometry might be used in all domains where geometry plays a role:
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mapping and GIS, game development, computer graphics and widgets, robotics,
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astronomy and more. The core is designed to be as generic as possible and support
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those domains. However, for now the development has been mostly GIS-oriented.
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The Boost Geometry supports the extension model, the same way as __boost_gil__
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also applies it. An extension is (mostly) something more specific to
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like mentioned above.
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The library follows existing conventions:
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* conventions from boost
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* conventions from the std library
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* conventions and names from one of the __ogc__ standards on geometry
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This Generic Geometry Library (Boost Geometry) is now being reviewed by
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the Boost Community
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The library can be downloaded from the Boost Sandbox, go to the download page
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for more information.
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The Boost Geometry bug tracker and Wiki are available at http://trac.osgeo.org/ggl/
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