[algogeeks] Re: Check simple polygon

2013-01-21 Thread Don
Dave is right that Bentley Ottmann is a good choice. It is O(n*log n) which is an improvement over a simplistic approach which would be O(n^2). Do be careful in implementation to ensure that it catches cases where two points are coincident or one edge passes exactly through another vertex. I saw

[algogeeks] Re: Check simple polygon

2013-01-20 Thread Dave
@Shady: See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley%E2%80%93Ottmann_algorithm. Dave On Sunday, January 20, 2013 10:02:19 AM UTC-6, shady wrote: How to check if polygon is simple based on given list of points ? --