Tool Polygon Generalization

A simple generalization tool for polygons. The tool joins polygons with an area size smaller than the specified threshold to a neighbouring polygon. Either the neighbouring polygon with the largest area or the one with which the largest edge length is shared wins.

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2019
Menu: Shapes|Polygons

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Shapes	shapes, input	`POLYGONS`	The input polygons.	-
Output	Generalized Shapes (*)	shapes, output, optional	`GENERALIZED`	The generalized output polygons.	-
Options	Area Threshold	floating point number	`THRESHOLD`	The maximum area of a polygon to get joined [map units squared].	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 100.000000
	Join to Neighbour with ...	choice	`JOIN_TO`	Choose the method to determine the winner polygon.	Available Choices: [0] largest area [1] largest shared edge length Default: 0
	Check Vertices	boolean	`VERTICES`	-	Default: 0
	Tolerance	floating point number	`EPSILON`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 0.000010
(*) optional

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd shapes_polygons 23 [-POLYGONS <str>] [-GENERALIZED <str>] [-THRESHOLD <double>] [-JOIN_TO <str>] [-VERTICES <str>] [-EPSILON <double>]
  -POLYGONS:<str>    	Shapes
	shapes, input
  -GENERALIZED:<str> 	Generalized Shapes
	shapes, output, optional
  -THRESHOLD:<double>	Area Threshold
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 100.000000
  -JOIN_TO:<str>     	Join to Neighbour with ...
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] largest area
	[1] largest shared edge length
	Default: 0
  -VERTICES:<str>    	Check Vertices
	boolean
	Default: 0
  -EPSILON:<double>  	Tolerance
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 0.000010