Class MinimumDiameter

Computes the minimum diameter of a Geometry.

Inheritance

Object

MinimumDiameter

Inherited Members

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.ToString()

Namespace: NetTopologySuite.Algorithm

Assembly: NetTopologySuite.dll

Syntax

public class MinimumDiameter

Remarks

The minimum diameter is defined to be the width of the smallest band that contains the geometry, where a band is a strip of the plane defined by two parallel lines. This can be thought of as the smallest hole that the point can be moved through, with a single rotation.

The first step in the algorithm is computing the convex hull of the Geometry. If the input Geometry is known to be convex, a hint can be supplied to avoid this computation.

This class can also be used to compute

• a line segment representing the minimum diameter
• the supporting line segment of the minimum diameter
• a minimum enclosing rectangle of the input geometry. The rectangle has width equal to the minimum diameter, and has one side parallel to the supporting segment. In degenerate cases the minimum enclosing geometry may be a LineString or a Point.

Constructors

MinimumDiameter(Geometry)

Compute a minimum diameter for a given Geometry.

Declaration

public MinimumDiameter(Geometry inputGeom)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Geometry	inputGeom	a Geometry.

MinimumDiameter(Geometry, Boolean)

Compute a minimum diameter for a giver Geometry, with a hint if the Geometry is convex (e.g. a convex Polygon or LinearRing, or a two-point LineString, or a Point).

Declaration

public MinimumDiameter(Geometry inputGeom, bool isConvex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Geometry	inputGeom	a Geometry which is convex.
Boolean	isConvex	true if the input point is convex.

Properties

Diameter

Gets a LineString which is a minimum diameter.

Declaration

public LineString Diameter { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
LineString	A LineString which is a minimum diameter.

Length

Gets the length of the minimum diameter of the input Geometry.

Declaration

public double Length { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Double	The length of the minimum diameter.

SupportingSegment

Gets the segment forming the base of the minimum diameter.

Declaration

public LineString SupportingSegment { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
LineString	The segment forming the base of the minimum diameter.

WidthCoordinate

Gets the Coordinate forming one end of the minimum diameter.

Declaration

public Coordinate WidthCoordinate { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Coordinate	A coordinate forming one end of the minimum diameter.

Methods

GetMinimumDiameter(Geometry)

Gets the minimum diameter enclosing a geometry.

Declaration

public static Geometry GetMinimumDiameter(Geometry geom)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Geometry	geom	The geometry

Returns

Type	Description
Geometry	The length of the minimum diameter of the geometry

GetMinimumRectangle()

Gets the minimum rectangular Polygon which encloses the input geometry.

Declaration

public Geometry GetMinimumRectangle()

Returns

Type	Description
Geometry	The minimum rectangle enclosing the input (or a line or point if degenerate)

Remarks

The rectangle has width equal to the minimum diameter, and a longer length. If the convex hull of the input is degenerate (a line or point) a LineString or Point is returned.

The minimum rectangle can be used as an extremely generalized representation for the given geometry.

GetMinimumRectangle(Geometry)

Gets the minimum rectangular Polygon which encloses the input geometry. The rectangle has width equal to the minimum diameter, and a longer length. If the convex hull of the input is degenerate (a line or point) a LineString or Point is returned.

The minimum rectangle can be used as an extremely generalized representation for the given geometry.

Declaration

public static Geometry GetMinimumRectangle(Geometry geom)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Geometry	geom	The geometry

Returns

Type	Description
Geometry	The minimum rectangle enclosing the geometry

See Also

ConvexHull