Tool Name	Polygon Generalization
Tool ID	23
Library ID	shapes_polygons
Version	1.0
Author(s)	O.Conrad (c) 2019

Description

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 the longest shared edge wins.

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