The Precise Representation Model of Topological Relations of Complex Planar Objects

Abstract

For complex planar objects, which are composed of simple spatial objects, the existent models of topological relations may not be able to describe some topological attributes of complex objects well. Taking the topological content between complex objects into account, this paper presents a model of basic topological relations between line/planar objects, and then in which the basic topological relations and the concept of the overlapping area are leveraged to describe the topological relations of simple planar objects. The definition of traversing of the hole’s boundary and planar with a hole is used to describe the topological relations between complex planar objects. Finally, the five basic topological relationship description modes of complex planar objects are summarized to realize description of the details of topological relations between partitions of complex planar objects.

Keywords

• |spatial combination|topological relation|boundary intersection|precise representation