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Talk on Geometry Template Library

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Another video from BoostCon’09 conference. This time it is about the Geometry Template Library (GTL) for STL-like 2D operations by Lucanus Simonson and Gyuszi Suto:

Here is PDF document with slides from the conference talk. The GTL library was submitted to Boost C++ Libraries for formal review as Boost Polygon library. Performance was at large a significant subject of posted reviews and discussions. Barend and Bruno from Generic Geometry Library (GGL) have been working hard to build a comprehensive performance study of Open Source geometry libraries available on the market. Results and source code are available.

GGL on Ohloh.net

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I’ve added Generic Geometry Library (GGL) to the software stack on Ohloh.net here. The code analysis is being generated from Preview releases frequently uploaded to Sandbox in SVN repository of Boost C++ Libraries. This repository is not the development mainstream, but it is being updated every time new preview is issued..

Generic Geometry Library

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Two months ago Barend Gehrels announced on the OSGeo Discuss list ongoing Open Source project called Generic Geometry Library, GGL in short.

The Generic Geometry Library provides a generic implementation of geometry algorithms, working with geometry types provided by the library itself as well as user-defined types. The library is implemented in C++ programming language with extensive use of elements of metaprogramming like class (type) templates, static polymorphism and compile-time execution. Consequently, GGL is built upon two of the greatest pieces of C++ code ever written by humanity: C++ Standard Library and Boost C++ Libraries.

In my opinion, this project is valuable and have potential which may interest many of us, FOSS4G users and developers. The OSGeo Foundation agreed to host this mailing list ggl@lists.osgeo.org dedicated to discussions development and use of the Generic Geometry Library.