[LUCENE-7226] Geo3d polygon data cleaning would be helpful

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.0
• Fix Version/s: 6.0
• Component/s: modules/spatial3d
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Karl Wright
• Reporter: Karl Wright
• Created: 17/Apr/16 11:23
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 14:56
• Resolved: 17/Apr/16 14:48

Description

Some of the OpenStreetMap data has duplicate points, and edges that backtrack upon themselves. For most means of constructing polygons, it would be good to "correct" the data and prune problematic points.