Timeline for Generating Point from Centroid of Polygon falls outside of it?
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| Oct 10, 2015 at 6:20 | history | edited | PolyGeo♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 31, 2012 at 2:22 | history | edited | whuber | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 31, 2012 at 1:50 | comment | added | Dan C | The center of gravity can in fact fall outside the polygon. Think of a donut shape, with an empty hole in the middle of the circle polygon. The center of gravity would be there even though the polygon doesn't extend there. | |
| Jul 30, 2012 at 21:54 | vote | accept | dchaboya | ||
| Jul 30, 2012 at 21:44 | answer | added | ccn | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 30, 2012 at 20:42 | comment | added | dchaboya | Within the tools help dialog box, it says that the a point can be created using the polygon's center of gravity (centroid). Does the center of gravity not always fall within the polygon? | |
| Jul 30, 2012 at 20:30 | history | asked | dchaboya | CC BY-SA 3.0 |