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The Centroid? Where would you like it to be be?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Deakin, R. E. Bird, Simon C. Grenfell, Ronald I. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | The concept of a centroid is useful for many spatial applications, and the determination of the centroid of a plane polygon is standard functionality in most Geographic Information System (GIS) software. A common reason for determining a centroid is to create a convenient point of reference for a polygon, often for positioning a textual label. For such applications, the rigour with which the centroid is determined is not critical, because in the positioning of a label, for example, the main criteria is that it be within the polygon and reasonably central for easy interpretation. However, there may be applications where the determination of a centroid has, at the very least, an impact on civic pride and quite possibly financial repercussions. We refer here to an administrative or natural region where a nominated centroid has a certain curiosity value with the potential to become a tourist attraction. Such centroids provide economic benefit to those in a sub-region, usually in close proximity to the centroi... |
| Starting Page | 153 |
| Ending Page | 167 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1080/00690805.2002.9714213 |
| Volume Number | 31 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.mygeodesy.id.au/documents/MSIA_Centroid.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00690805.2002.9714213 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
