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Sets of Parallel Segments

The data type segment_set is a dictionary for for line segments with a fixed orientation. It can be used to store a collection of objects of an arbitrary type I together with line segments of a fixed direction as keys. The elements of a segment_set are of type seg_item.

Strengths

  • operation to look up item for given segment
  • operation to find all items that intersect a given segment or line orthogonal to the segments in the set

Disadvantages

  • All segments in set need to be parallel
  • Does not work for rat_segment

See also:

Sets

Data Types for 2D Geometry

Dictionaries

Sets of Intervals

Associating Information with Geometric Objects

Geometry

Geometry Algorithms

GeoWin

Manual Entries:

Manual Page Sets of Parallel Segments

User Defined Parameter Types

LEDA Item Concept



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