libpysal.cg.PointLocator

class libpysal.cg.PointLocator(points)

An abstract representation of a point indexing data structure.

__init__(self, points)

Returns a point locator object.

__init__(Point list) -> PointLocator

Parameters

pointsa python:list of points to index

Examples

>>> points = [Point((0, 0)), Point((1, 6)), Point((5.4, 1.4))]
>>> pl = PointLocator(points)

Methods

__init__(self, points)	Returns a point locator object.
nearest(self, query_point)	Returns the nearest point indexed to a query point.
overlapping(self, region_rect)	Returns the indexed points located inside a rectangular query region.
polygon(self, polygon)	Returns the indexed points located inside a polygon
proximity(self, origin, r)	Returns the indexed points located within some distance of an origin point.
region(self, region_rect)	Returns the indexed points located inside a rectangular query region.

nearest(self, query_point)

Returns the nearest point indexed to a query point.

nearest(Point) -> Point

Parameters

query_pointa point to find the nearest indexed point to

Examples

>>> points = [Point((0, 0)), Point((1, 6)), Point((5.4, 1.4))]
>>> pl = PointLocator(points)
>>> n = pl.nearest(Point((1, 1)))
>>> str(n)
'(0.0, 0.0)'

overlapping(self, region_rect)

Returns the indexed points located inside a rectangular query region.

region(Rectangle) -> Point list

Parameters

region_rectthe rectangular range to find indexed points in

Examples

>>> points = [Point((0, 0)), Point((1, 6)), Point((5.4, 1.4))]
>>> pl = PointLocator(points)
>>> pts = pl.region(Rectangle(-1, -1, 10, 10))
>>> len(pts)
3

polygon(self, polygon)

Returns the indexed points located inside a polygon

proximity(self, origin, r)

Returns the indexed points located within some distance of an origin point.

proximity(Point, number) -> Point list

Parameters

originthe point to find indexed points near

rthe maximum distance to find indexed point from the origin point

Examples

>>> points = [Point((0, 0)), Point((1, 6)), Point((5.4, 1.4))]
>>> pl = PointLocator(points)
>>> len(pl.proximity(Point((1, 0)), 2))
1

region(self, region_rect)

Returns the indexed points located inside a rectangular query region.

region(Rectangle) -> Point list

Parameters

region_rectthe rectangular range to find indexed points in

Examples

>>> points = [Point((0, 0)), Point((1, 6)), Point((5.4, 1.4))]
>>> pl = PointLocator(points)
>>> pts = pl.region(Rectangle(-1, -1, 10, 10))
>>> len(pts)
3