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Boost.Geometry: A C++ library for geometric computations

H.1301 (Cornil) | Day 1 | 11:55 - 12:30 | Speakers: Vissarion Fisikopoulos

Boost.Geometry: A C++ library for geometric computations
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Abstract

Boost.Geometry is a C++ library defining concepts, primitives and algorithms for solving geometry problems. It contains a dimension-agnostic, coordinate-system-agnostic and scalable kernel, on top of which algorithms are built: area, distance, convex hull, intersection, within, simplify, transform etc.

The library contains instantiable geometry classes, but library users can also use their own legacy geometry types. It also contains spatial index allowing to perform spatial and knn queries on a collection of geometries.

In this talk we will introduce Boost.Geometry focusing on mapping and GIS. Boost.Geometry is the engine behind MySQL’s spatial query capabilities. The presentation will highlight recent developments in the library and conclude with a roadmap of the future work in Boost.Geometry.

Speakers

Vissarion Fisikopoulos

Vissarion leads development at GeomScale, a NumFOCUS-affiliated organization advancing scalable geometric computing. His work lies at the intersection of computational geometry, spatial databases, statistics, and algorithm engineering. He spent a decade at Oracle/MySQL, contributing to major open-source projects such as the Boost C++ Libraries and MySQL.

He serves as an editor for the Journal of Open Source Software and has mentored more than 20 students through Google Summer of Code, as well as MSc and PhD programs. A regular speaker at technology conferences, Vissarion also teaches MSc courses in computational geometry and algorithm engineering at the University of Athens.

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