Hi,
You could store the points in a linear array and use a separate linear
array to describe the number of points in each polygon (or, for faster
indexing, an array with two values for each polygon, a starting offset and
a number of points).
Regards,
Rob
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Rob Ross, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Lab
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Matthew Hanna wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a convention or method of storing polygonal
> information in a NetCDF file? The polygons may not have an equal number
> of points. They could be triangles, rectangles, octagons, whatever. I
> just can't think of any efficient means of storing this kind of
> information. Any ideas or opinions?
>
> Thanks!
> Matthew Hanna
