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07 Topology

The document discusses topology, which is the science and mathematics of relationships used to validate the geometry of vector entities. Topology is employed to manage shared geometry, define data integrity rules, support topological relationship queries and navigation, support editing tools, and construct features from unstructured geometry. The document also discusses topology workflows, which involve identifying spatial relationships in data, determining participating feature classes, ranking features by positional quality, and specifying rules to enforce spatial relationships. Topology rules in ArcGIS are used to define allowable relationships between features.

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07 Topology

The document discusses topology, which is the science and mathematics of relationships used to validate the geometry of vector entities. Topology is employed to manage shared geometry, define data integrity rules, support topological relationship queries and navigation, support editing tools, and construct features from unstructured geometry. The document also discusses topology workflows, which involve identifying spatial relationships in data, determining participating feature classes, ranking features by positional quality, and specifying rules to enforce spatial relationships. Topology rules in ArcGIS are used to define allowable relationships between features.

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TOPOLOGY

Cristino Tiburan Jr.


TOPOLOGY
๏is the science and mathematics of relationships used to
validate the geometry of vector entities, and for operations
such as network tracing and tests of polygon adjacency
(Longley et al., 2005)
๏describes a set of rules or behavior that model how points,
lines and polygons are associated in terms of geometry
๏topological relationships are non-metric (qualitative)
properties of geographic objects that remain constant when
geographic space of objects is distorted
TOPOLOGY is employed to:
1.manage shared geometry (i.e. adjacent
polygons, such as parcels, share edges;
street centerlines and boundaries of
census blocks share geometry; adjacent
soil polygons share edges)
2.define and enforce data integrity rules
(e.g. no gaps should exist between
parcel features, parcels should not
overlap, road centerlines should
connect at the endpoints)
3.support topological relationship queries and
navigation (e.g. have the ability to identify adjacent
and connected features, find the shared edges,
and navigate along a series of connected edges)
4.support sophisticated editing tools that enforce the
topological constraints of the data model (e.g.
ability to edit a shared edge and update all the
features that share the common edge)
5.construct features from unstructured geometry
(e.g. the ability to construct polygons from lines
sometimes referred to as “spaghetti”)
TOPOLOGY WORKFLOW
๏identifying spatial relationships in your data
๏identifying the feature and feature classes that share
geometry and any rules governing the behavior of those
features
๏determining which feature classes will participate
๏features share geometry by being adjacent, connected to,
coincident with, or contained within other features
๏topology is built on a set of feature classes held in a
feature dataset and a feature dataset can hold more than
one topology
๏ranking feature classes by their positional quality
๏are assigned to feature classes to control how vertices
move during validation
๏most accurate feature classes receiving a rank of 1 and
less accurate feature classes receiving a rank greater than 1
๏specifying rules to enforce the spatial relationships
๏topology rules define allowable spatial relationships
between features
๏can control relationships between features in the same
feature class, and between features in different feature
classes
TOPOLOGY RULES IN ARCGIS

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