Questions tagged [self-intersection]
A self-intersecting polygon is where the boundary (edge) crosses over itself.
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QGIS does not find self intersections, but ArcGIS Pro does
I am working on a project that includes preparation of a series of polygon shapefiles that need to go through an official geometry/topology check-up before final submission. This official check-up ...
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How to remove remove self-intersections(?) from a river network line
I am working with a new global-scale river network that splits around large islands (blue lines).
I will be working with the river network in Google Earth Engine and have completed some prior vector ...
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Reproject valid features returns geomety error with PostGIS
PostGIS3.2, PostgreSQL 13
I have a table with multipolygons.
There is a constraint CHECK (st_isvalid(geom)) on it.
Run a query with st_ivalid(geom) returns no error fortunately !
When I try to ...
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Python `shapely` - split a complex line at self-intersections
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When splitting a complex line - let's say with a single "loop" - shapely.ops.split applied at the self-intersection point returns two lines where I would expect three ...
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How to prevent self-intersection when using Intersect tool in ArcGIS?
When using the Intersect tool in ArcGIS (Desktop 10.8): I have two inputs, a polyline FC and a polygon FC. I want to get the intersection of each polyline feature with the polygon features, so the ...
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PostGIS: Is it safe to always call ST_MakeValid to "fix" geography polygons?
I have a GeoJSON file with latlong polygons for the US state of New Mexico. I've loaded them into Postgres, using the geography column type.
For some of the polygons, I get an error when calling ...
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Self-crossing/intersecting polygon in QGIS that tools identifies them as valid
I am using QGIS 3.14 long term version. I need to identify these polygons that are self-crossing.
Here are the tools I have tried
SAGA's "Polygon self-intersect";
check validity from ...
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Identifying self-crossing/intersecting polygon in QGIS
I need to identify these polygons that are self-crossing.
I tried to run SAGA's "Polygon self-intersect" tool but it didn't work.
update: I tried to use check validity and other similar ...
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Identifying self-intersections in LineString using shapely
I am looking for an efficient way to identify the self-intersections in a shapely LineString.
I can check if there is an intersection by lineStringName.is_simple function. However, I couldn't find a ...
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Self-intersecting problem in Canadian census tracts shapefile?
I need to pass some data stored at the census tract level in Toronto to dissemination areas. When I run the Areal Weighted Interpolation package (code below), I get an invalid topology error (see ...
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PostGIS - Non-simple Linestring and Polygon Intersection
Application Description
I am using PostGIS as a database for a PHP application for pilots. They can plan their flights there and see all the airspace information along the track.
I have airspace data ...
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MSSQL STIntersection Results in COMException
Using MS SQL Server 2019 and running the following query results in the COMException displayed below.
DECLARE @Geom1 AS GEOMETRY
DECLARE @Geom2 AS GEOMETRY
SET @Geom1 = ...
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Can a self-intersecting banana polygon be made OGC-compliant in an Azure SQL Database using spatial functions?
I'm an experienced Postgres / PostGIS user fiddling with SQL Server / Azure SQL Database spatial capabilities for the first time.
Banana Polygon
For the banana polygon pictured above, I believe there ...
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Retrieving only type of the geometry error by using validateGeometry() in PyQGIS
I have a polygon layer and I am trying to catch the geometry error by using validateGeometry(). The following snippet is working and finding the reason for the error as well as the location.
layer = ...
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Calculating population within a circle excluding intersects with shapely
I have a data of a centroid and a count:
centroid population id
0 POINT(38.9081 77.0349) 9004.0 0
1 POINT(38.8521,77.0377) 517.0 1
2 POINT(38.9081 77.0377) 10369.0 ...
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Creating field from number of items separated by "|" in field in QGIS
I am trying to create an index field from an intersection layer I have created using the SAGA's "Polygon Self-Intersection" tool.
The SAGA tool outputs a field that shows which buffers ...
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How do I find where a line intersects itself?
I am using Python 3.7 with Shapely and GeoPandas.
I have a big line of 181,000 points, and would like to find all the points where the line intersects itself. It does so a lot.
I don't need a new ...
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Is there a faster way to see if a polyline intersects itself?
I have several large polyline feature classes and I need to find how many times each polyline intersects itself (where it intersects is of no importance). I wrote the following code, which works fine,...
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Shapely buffer(0) returns an empty polygon(coordinates:[]), and discard the main polygon
There are self-intersect polygons in my geojson files. So I used the shapely lib to fix it. The code is like this:
clean = geom.buffer(0)
Most of the polygons have been processed properly, but there ...
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Finding line is self intersected or not using PyQGIS
I have to find whether the line feature is self intersected or not.
I have tried the below logic but I am not getting it.
Is there a way to find the solution?
lineLayerName=self.lineLayer.name()
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Changing vertex order for polygons in QGIS?
I have this intersection of a polygon, see image below
I would like to redraw the lines so they don't cross each other.
So, in the end, I would like to have a polygon without self-intersecting parts....
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turfjs cannot detect all self intersections
I am working with OpenLayers/Turfjs to detect self intersection in users manually drawn polygons on a web map. The function that detects the self intersection is a property of the condition of the ...
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Ring self-intersection error when running Random Points
This error occurs on two rows of my shapefile:
Feature (650) has invalid geometry. Please fix the geometry or change
the Processing setting to the "Ignore invalid input features" option.
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How to fix invalid polygon with self-intersection - Python
I have a self-intersecting polygon inside a shapefile. Does there exist a Python library which spots the self-intersections and makes it possible to correct them?
I have found it is possible in QGIS ...
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Finding polygon self-intersection with PyQGIS on QGIS 3.4
My script:
from qgis.core import *
import qgis.utils
import processing, os, sys, glob
polys = QgsVectorLayer("/Users/john/shapefile/layer.shp","intersection","ogr")
output = "/Users/john/shapefile/...
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Determining if route self intersects using Java? [closed]
I have a sequence of coordinates (lat,lng) defining a route.
How can I determine whether this route is self intersecting?
I am trying to implement a Java method for this, but I have been ...
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QGIS: Dissolving Polygons with Self-Intersection
I have created multiple polygons with some subset of track-lines, with the order of time those points were recorded. Therefore some of the polygons have self-intersection within the polygon.
Is there ...
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Finding self-intersection in PostGIS
I've developed an query to find self-intersection points by using PostgreSQL 10 and PostGIS 2.4 database. The query took long time (aprx 90mins) to produce the result from 3,122 polygons. The query is:...
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Command line tool to repair self-intersection in GeoJSON
I am working with this file. Kansas seems to have a self intersection:
TopologyException: Input geom 0 is invalid: Self-intersection at or near point -98.918045000000006 37.379078 at -98....
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Fixing invalid geometry (self intersection)
Attempted to extract raster by mask layer in QGIS 2.18.15 and for one of my shapefiles, the command could not be executed. The error message reads "Warning 1: Ring Self-intersection at or near point ...
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Self-intersecting geometry errors when splitting polygons
I'm having issues digitising in QGIS 2.18.20 on my mac. My normal strategy for digitising a habitat survey area is to create a (shapefile) polygon for my survey boundary, and split the shape ...
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Topology exception on geometry intersection?
I am using the following PostGIS functions in a Postgres query:
ST_AsGeoJSON(ST_Intersection(p.geom,c.geom))
Where p.geom & c.geom are type multipolygon. The query works most of the time but ...
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Issues with geometry in QGIS but not ArcGIS? [closed]
I have found that shapefiles that function normally in ArcGIS will not work in QGIS due to geometry issues. For example, I have a species geographic range file that when I intersect with a buffer will ...
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Fixing polygon self-intersection in QGIS?
I am attempting to mask a raster to US Forest Service boundaries in QGIS. It fails due to self - intersections of polygons.
Warning 1: Ring Self-intersection at or near point -109.90112962000001 43....
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Invalid geometries made valid don't remain valid?
From https://s.geo.admin.ch/77395652c7 I got the groundwater resources data for Switzerland. (deeplink to ZIP with Shapefiles, 147.3 MB).
Some areas therein are self-touching*, which makes gdalwarp ...
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How do I topologically clean "pointy bridges" using GRASS v.clean?
I have a shapefile with hundreds of pointy areas connected at the tip, forming a "pointy bridge". This creates a self-intersection and duplicate node. I'm not exactly sure what this type of error is ...
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LineString Self-Intersection points
I'm trying to get all the points from a Self-Intersection LineString.
On LineString segments intersection with no vertex on intersection:
ST_Intersection make the job;
Now, how catch the vertex ...
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Bowtie or hourglass polygon validity issue when self-crossing point is not defined
Using Python2.7 and shapely, let:
import shapely
coords = [(0, 0), (0, 2), (2, 0), (2, 2), (0, 0)]
bowtie = shapely.geometry.Polygon(coords)
bowtie.is_valid
which gives this :
Self-intersection ...
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Count the intersection of buffers, in the same layer. qgis [duplicate]
If I have one shape of buffers, How to count the number of times, the different buffers (in the same layer) intersect each other.
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Fixing polygon with ring self-intersection in QGIS
When I polygonize a raster, I very often have 'pixels' holes/interior ring that touches exterior ring.
An example:
POLYGON((5 0, 10 0, 10 10, 0 10, 0 0, 5 0, 3 3, 5 6, 7 3, 5 0))
It's defined as an ...
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Python - gdal.Polygonize produce invalid geometries
gdal.Polygonize is making invalid geometries and later in processing chain an error is reported stating that there are Ring Self-Intersections. Not one, quite a few so manual solution is not an option ...
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How to overcome invalid input geom and self-intersection when intersecting shapefiles in R
I downloaded two shapefiles from IUCN (available here and here) to determine the range overlap between two species. When I bring the shapefiles into R, I am able to plot them on a map together, ...
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Clipping a raster by a polygon layer: Error "Cutline is not valid after transformation"
I have a raster layer (3 cm x 3 cm) and a vector layer with polygons and when I try to clip the raster by the polygon layer to have just the bare earth/ground regions left over, so I can interpolate ...
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R: Self-intersection error when using intersect with two shapefiles
I am trying to "translate" worldwide raster data to European nuts3 polygons. That means I try to overlap two shapefiles to find the average value on nuts3 level.
Unfortunately, when I use the ...
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Draw polygons from self-intersecting lines: Looking for a workaround for inner boundaries / holes
I use OGR & Python to develop a geodesic polygon buffer. The buffered polygon is generated from a polyline ring. The polyline ring is generated from point coordinates. As the polyline ring is ...
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Creating inner ring of polygon using buffered geometry in JTS? [closed]
I am still a beginner to GIS.
I have a polygon and I want to draw a large border inside the that polygon (see fig A and B below).
With the library I am using, I have to do this with a polygon with "...
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PostGIS help writing a ST_MakeSimple method for self intersecting lines?
I have imported Open Street Map lines into PostGIS 2.1 and I need to clean up the self intersecting ways. I have done some manual edits in the past but there are many more ST_IsSimple(way) = false ...
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Self-intersecting after exporting .shp from Personal GeoDatabase
I have a Feature Dataset in a Personal Geodatabase, with resolution = 0.00000001 and tolerance = 0.000000005.
I am exporting the Polygon Feature Classes to shapefiles, after setting Resolution = 0....
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Getting TopologyException: Input geom 1 is invalid which is due to self-intersection in R?
The 'TopologyException: Input geom 1 is invalid' self-intersection error which arises from invalid polygon geometries has been widely discussed. However, I haven't found a convenient solution on the ...
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Fix Self Intersecting Polygons Manually [closed]
I are looking to implement a method to fix self-intersecting polygons by editing the vertex order. We want to take the polygon rings and re-arrange/add in vertices to make a valid polygon. This is ...
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