On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Markus GRASS wrote:
If the tool is run repeatedly, the final vector will have no dangles
shorter than thresh.
Not so sure if repeated runs are necessary. One run should be enough
to
have no dangles shorter than thresh in the output vector.
My mistake. I had what I thought was an example with a dangle
remaining after v.clean tool=rmdangle thresh=-1, but I apparently
never confirmed that it was removed by a second pass. It turned out to
be an ultra-thin loop created when two pairs of lines were overlaid
exactly on top of each other. I tried unsuccessfully to concoct a
scenario that would expose a previously-processed line as a dangle,
and agree that one run should be enough (thank goodness).
I have included some but not all of your suggestions because e.g. this
internal id thing is IMHO a bit too technical and not needed for
running
the tool. Mentioning internal ids would suggest that they can be
used by
the user which is the case for very few modules but not v.clean. The
internal id is nothing fixed, neither for lines nor for nodes, in
particular when using several cleaning tools in one go, internal ids
are
constantly changed. Even nodes are a bit technical because they are no
regular vector object like
point,line,boundary,centroid,area,face,kernel
but can be easily edited with the wxdigitizer or v.digit, so it would
hopefully be not too confusing to mention nodes.
Understood (and thanks!).
I think most of my personal confusion was centered around thinking
that the tool removes the dangles found in the original vector, when
in fact it just keeps going until no dangles are left. For example, my
original prediction was that tool=rmdangle thresh=-1 would have pruned
one layer of dangles from the outer tip of each branch (the original
dangles), while leaving most of the core structure intact. In reality,
it removes much more than the original dangles.
Below wording I started to suggest last time, but modified when I got
concerned about multiple passes being required. Although I might not
have understood the implications upon first reading, if I read it
after running into the issues I did I think (hope?) this would have
helped me figure it out much more quickly.
Suggested wording:
"Dangles shorter than thresh are removed sequentially until no dangles
remain. No dangles will remain if thresh < 0."
PS: I hope you have now the world's cleanest hiking trails:-)
Thanks; I think I could have swept them clean with a broom in the time
I have spent analyzing v.clean! However, this has been a very
educational experience for me, and I appreciate all of your help.
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