Beispiel #1
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        /// <summary>
        /// Removes points from the point shapefile that lie within any shapes in the polygon shapefile.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pointSF">The point shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="polygonSF">The shapefile containing the erase polygons.</param>
        /// <param name="resultSF">The resulting file with points removed.</param>
        /// <returns>False if an error was encountered, true otherwise.</returns>
        public static bool ErasePointSFWithPolySF(ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile pointSF, ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile polygonSF, ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile resultSF)
        {
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("ErasePointSFWithPolySF(pointSF : " + Macro.ParamName(pointSF) + ",\n" +
                                     "                       polygonSF: " + Macro.ParamName(polygonSF) + ",\n" +
                                     "                       resultSF: " + resultSF.ToString());
            if (pointSF == null || polygonSF == null || resultSF == null)
            {
                gErrorMsg = "One of the input parameters is null.";
                Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                return(false);
            }
            int shpIndex = 0;
            int numPts   = pointSF.NumShapes;

            for (int i = 0; i <= numPts - 1; i++)
            {
                shpIndex = resultSF.NumShapes;
                resultSF.EditInsertShape(pointSF.get_Shape(i), ref shpIndex);
            }

            int numPolygons = polygonSF.NumShapes;

            for (int i = 0; i <= numPolygons - 1; i++)
            {
                MapWinGIS.Shape currPoly = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                currPoly.Create(polygonSF.ShapefileType);
                currPoly = polygonSF.get_Shape(i);
                int numParts = currPoly.NumParts;
                if (numParts == 0)
                {
                    numParts = 1;
                }
                Globals.Vertex[][] polyVertArray = new Globals.Vertex[numParts][];
                Globals.ConvertPolyToVertexArray(ref currPoly, out polyVertArray);

                numPts = resultSF.NumShapes;
                for (int j = 0; j <= numPts - 1; j++)
                {
                    double x = resultSF.QuickPoint(j, 0).x;
                    double y = resultSF.QuickPoint(j, 0).y;
                    if (Utils.PointInPoly(ref polyVertArray, x, y) == true)
                    {
                        //remove the point.
                        resultSF.EditDeleteShape(j);
                        numPts--;
                        j--;
                    }
                }
            }
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("Finsihed ErasePointSFWithPolySF");
            return(true);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a shapefile of points from the input shapefile that fall within the polygon.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pointSFPath">Full path to the point shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="polygon">The polygon used for clipping the point shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="resultSFPath">Full path to where the resulting point shapefile should be saved.</param>
        /// <param name="copyAttributes">True if copying attributes over</param>
        /// <returns>False if an error was encountered, true otherwise.</returns>
        public static bool ClipPointSFWithPolygon(ref string pointSFPath, ref MapWinGIS.Shape polygon, ref string resultSFPath, bool copyAttributes)
        {
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("ClipPointSFWithPolygon(pointSFPath: " + pointSFPath + ",\n" +
                                     "                       polygon: " + Macro.ParamName(polygon) + ",\n" +
                                     "                       resultSFPath: " + resultSFPath.ToString() + ",\n" +
                                     "                       copyAttributes: " + copyAttributes.ToString() + ")");

            MapWinGIS.Shapefile resultSF = new MapWinGIS.ShapefileClass();
            MapWinGIS.Shapefile pointSF  = new MapWinGIS.ShapefileClass();
            int    shpIndex = 0;          //all new shapes will be placed at the beginning of the shapefile
            string tmpName;

            if (pointSF.Open(pointSFPath, null) == false)
            {
                gErrorMsg = "Failure to open input shapefile: " + pointSF.get_ErrorMsg(pointSF.LastErrorCode);
                MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                return(false);
            }
            MapWinGIS.ShpfileType sfType = pointSF.ShapefileType;

            //make sure we are dealing with a valid shapefile type
            if (sfType == MapWinGIS.ShpfileType.SHP_POINT || sfType == MapWinGIS.ShpfileType.SHP_POINTM || sfType == MapWinGIS.ShpfileType.SHP_POINTZ)
            {
                if (Globals.PrepareResultSF(ref resultSFPath, ref resultSF, sfType, copyAttributes) == false)
                {
                    return(false);
                }

                if (copyAttributes)
                {
                    MapWinGIS.Field tmpField, pointField;
                    for (int f = 0; f <= pointSF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                    {
                        tmpField   = new MapWinGIS.Field();
                        pointField = pointSF.get_Field(f);
                        tmpName    = pointField.Name;
                        if (tmpName.Contains("MWShapeID"))
                        {
                            tmpField.Name = "Last_" + tmpName;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            tmpField.Name = tmpName;
                        }
                        tmpField.Width     = pointField.Width;
                        tmpField.Type      = pointField.Type;
                        tmpField.Precision = pointField.Precision;

                        tmpField.Key = pointField.Key;
                        if (!resultSF.EditInsertField(tmpField, ref f, null))
                        {
                            return(false);
                        }
                    }
                }

                int             numTargetPoints = pointSF.NumShapes;
                MapWinGIS.Point targetPoint     = new MapWinGIS.PointClass();
                //MapWinGIS.Utils utils = new MapWinGIS.UtilsClass();
                int numParts = polygon.NumParts;
                if (numParts == 0)
                {
                    numParts = 1;
                }
                Globals.Vertex[][] polyVertArray = new Globals.Vertex[numParts][];
                Globals.ConvertPolyToVertexArray(ref polygon, out polyVertArray);

                for (int i = 0; i <= numTargetPoints - 1; i++)
                {
                    targetPoint = pointSF.QuickPoint(i, 0);

                    if (Utils.PointInPoly(ref polyVertArray, ref targetPoint) == true)
                    {
                        resultSF.EditInsertShape(pointSF.get_Shape(i), ref shpIndex);
                        if (copyAttributes)
                        {
                            for (int f = 0; f <= pointSF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                            {
                                bool tmpbool = resultSF.EditCellValue(f, shpIndex, pointSF.get_CellValue(f, i));
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                MapWinGIS.Field ID = new MapWinGIS.FieldClass();
                ID.Name = "MWShapeID";
                ID.Type = MapWinGIS.FieldType.INTEGER_FIELD;
                int fieldIndex = 0;
                if (resultSF.EditInsertField(ID, ref fieldIndex, null) == false)
                {
                    gErrorMsg = "Problem inserting field into .dbf table: " + resultSF.get_ErrorMsg(resultSF.LastErrorCode);
                    Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                    Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                    MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                    return(false);
                }

                int numIDs = resultSF.NumShapes;
                for (int i = 0; i <= numIDs - 1; i++)
                {
                    if (resultSF.EditCellValue(fieldIndex, i, i) == false)
                    {
                        gErrorMsg = "Problem inserting value into .dbf table for shape " + i + ": " + resultSF.get_ErrorMsg(resultSF.LastErrorCode);
                        Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                        Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                        MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                        return(false);
                    }
                }

                if (resultSF.StopEditingShapes(true, true, null) == false)
                {
                    gErrorMsg = "Problem with StopEditingShapes: " + resultSF.get_ErrorMsg(resultSF.LastErrorCode);
                    Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                    Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                    MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                    return(false);
                }

                resultSF.Close();
                pointSF.Close();
                MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("Finished ClipPointSFWithPolygon");
            }
            else
            {
                pointSF.Close();
                gErrorMsg = "Shapefile type is incorrect. Must be of type Point.";
                Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                MapWinGeoProc.Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                return(false);
            }
            return(true);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns an in-memory shapefile of points from the input shapefile that fall within the polygon.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pointSF">Full path to the point shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="polygon">The polygon used for clipping the point shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="result">Full path to where the resulting point shapefile should be saved.</param>
        /// <param name="copyAttributes">True if copying attributes over</param>
        /// <returns>False if an error was encountered, true otherwise.</returns>
        public static bool ClipPointSFWithPolygon(ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile pointSF, ref MapWinGIS.Shape polygon, out MapWinGIS.Shapefile result, bool copyAttributes)
        {
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("ClipPointSFWithPolygon(pointSF: " + Macro.ParamName(pointSF) + ",\n" +
                                     "                       polygon: " + Macro.ParamName(polygon) + ",\n" +
                                     "                       result: out, \n" +
                                     "                       copyAttributes: " + copyAttributes.ToString() + ",\n");
            MapWinGIS.Shapefile resultSF = new MapWinGIS.ShapefileClass();
            int shpIndex = 0;             //all new shapes will be placed at the beginning of the shapefile

            MapWinGIS.ShpfileType sfType = pointSF.ShapefileType;

            //make sure we are dealing with a valid shapefile type
            if (sfType == MapWinGIS.ShpfileType.SHP_POINT || sfType == MapWinGIS.ShpfileType.SHP_POINTM || sfType == MapWinGIS.ShpfileType.SHP_POINTZ)
            {
                string tempPath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath() + "resultSF.shp";
                DataManagement.DeleteShapefile(ref tempPath);
                string tmpName;
                //create the result shapeFile if it does not already exist
                //if(resultSF.CreateNew(tempPath, sfType) == false)
                //{
                //    gErrorMsg = "Problem creating the result shapeFile: " + resultSF.get_ErrorMsg(resultSF.LastErrorCode);
                //    Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                //    MapWinGeoProc.Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                //    result = resultSF;
                //    return false;
                //}
                //CDM 8/4/2006 resultSF.CreateNew(resultSFPath, sfType);
                Globals.PrepareResultSF(ref tempPath, ref resultSF, sfType);

                if (copyAttributes)
                {
                    MapWinGIS.Field tmpField, pointField;
                    for (int f = 0; f <= pointSF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                    {
                        tmpField   = new MapWinGIS.Field();
                        pointField = pointSF.get_Field(f);
                        tmpName    = pointField.Name;
                        if (tmpName.Contains("MWShapeID"))
                        {
                            tmpField.Name = "Last_" + tmpName;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            tmpField.Name = tmpName;
                        }
                        tmpField.Width     = pointField.Width;
                        tmpField.Type      = pointField.Type;
                        tmpField.Precision = pointField.Precision;
                        tmpField.Key       = pointField.Key;
                        resultSF.EditInsertField(tmpField, ref f, null);
                    }
                }

                int             numTargetPoints = pointSF.NumShapes;
                MapWinGIS.Point targetPoint     = new MapWinGIS.PointClass();
                //MapWinGIS.Utils utils = new MapWinGIS.UtilsClass();
                int numParts = polygon.NumParts;
                if (numParts == 0)
                {
                    numParts = 1;
                }
                Globals.Vertex[][] polyVertArray = new Globals.Vertex[numParts][];
                Globals.ConvertPolyToVertexArray(ref polygon, out polyVertArray);

                for (int i = 0; i <= numTargetPoints - 1; i++)
                {
                    targetPoint = pointSF.QuickPoint(i, 0);

                    if (Utils.PointInPoly(ref polyVertArray, ref targetPoint) == true)
                    {
                        resultSF.EditInsertShape(pointSF.get_Shape(i), ref shpIndex);
                        if (copyAttributes)
                        {
                            for (int f = 0; f <= pointSF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                            {
                                bool tmpbool = resultSF.EditCellValue(f, shpIndex, pointSF.get_CellValue(f, i));
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                gErrorMsg = "The shapefile is of the wrong type. Should be of type Point.";
                Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                MapWinGeoProc.Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                result = resultSF;
                MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                return(false);
            }
            result = resultSF;
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("Finished ClipPointSFWithPolygon");
            return(true);
        }
Beispiel #4
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        /// <summary>
        /// Removes points from the point shapefile that lie within the polygon.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pointSF">The point shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="polygon">The erase polygon.</param>
        /// <param name="resultSF">The resulting file with points removed.</param>
        /// <param name="CopyAttributes">Indicates whether to copy attributes</param>
        /// <returns>False if an error was encountered, true otherwise.</returns>
        public static bool ErasePointSFWithPoly(ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile pointSF, ref MapWinGIS.Shape polygon, ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile resultSF, bool CopyAttributes)
        {
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("ErasePointSFWithPoly(pointSF: " + Macro.ParamName(pointSF) + "\n, " +
                                     "                     polygon: " + Macro.ParamName(polygon) + "\n, " +
                                     "                     resultSF: " + Macro.ParamName(resultSF) + "\n, " +
                                     "                     CopyAttributes: " + CopyAttributes.ToString() + ")");

            if (pointSF == null || polygon == null || resultSF == null)
            {
                gErrorMsg = "One of the input parameters is null.";
                Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                return(false);
            }

            if (CopyAttributes)
            {
                string          tmpName;
                MapWinGIS.Field tmpField, currField;
                for (int f = 0; f <= pointSF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                {
                    tmpField      = new MapWinGIS.Field();
                    currField     = pointSF.get_Field(f);
                    tmpName       = currField.Name;
                    tmpField.Name = tmpName;

                    tmpField.Width     = currField.Width;
                    tmpField.Type      = currField.Type;
                    tmpField.Precision = currField.Precision;
                    tmpField.Key       = currField.Key;
                    resultSF.EditInsertField(tmpField, ref f, null);
                }
            }

            int numPts   = pointSF.NumShapes;
            int numParts = polygon.NumParts;

            if (numParts == 0)
            {
                numParts = 1;
            }
            int shpIndex = 0;

            Globals.Vertex[][] vertArray = new Globals.Vertex[numParts][];
            Globals.ConvertPolyToVertexArray(ref polygon, out vertArray);

            for (int i = 0; i <= numPts - 1; i++)
            {
                MapWinGIS.Point currPt = new MapWinGIS.PointClass();
                currPt = pointSF.QuickPoint(i, 0);
                double currX = currPt.x;
                double currY = currPt.y;
                if (Utils.PointInPoly(ref vertArray, currX, currY) == false)
                {
                    shpIndex = resultSF.NumShapes;
                    if (resultSF.EditInsertShape(pointSF.get_Shape(i), ref shpIndex) == false)
                    {
                        gErrorMsg = "ErasePointSF: problem inserting shape into result file: " + resultSF.get_ErrorMsg(resultSF.LastErrorCode);
                        Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                        Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                        MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                        return(false);
                    }
                    if (CopyAttributes)
                    {
                        for (int f = 0; f <= pointSF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                        {
                            bool tmpbool = resultSF.EditCellValue(f, shpIndex, pointSF.get_CellValue(f, i));
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("Finished ErasePointSFWithPoly");
            return(true);
        }
Beispiel #5
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        /// <summary>
        /// Removes portions of the input polygon shapefile that are within the erase polygons.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inputSF">The input polygon shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="eraseSF">The erase polygon shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="resultSF">The resulting shapefile, with portions removed.</param>
        /// <returns>False if an error was encountered, true otherwise.</returns>
        public static bool ErasePolySFWithPolySF(ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile inputSF, ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile eraseSF, ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile resultSF)
        {
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("ErasePolySFWithPolySF(inputSF: " + Macro.ParamName(inputSF) + ",\n" +
                                     "                      eraseSF: " + Macro.ParamName(eraseSF) + ",\n" +
                                     "                      resultSF: " + Macro.ParamName(resultSF) + ",\n");
            if (inputSF == null || eraseSF == null || resultSF == null)
            {
                gErrorMsg = "One of the input parameters is null.";
                Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                return(false);
            }
            int numInputs = inputSF.NumShapes;
            int shpIndex  = 0;

            //create the result shapefile out of the original inputSF
            for (int i = 0; i <= numInputs - 1; i++)
            {
                shpIndex = resultSF.NumShapes;
                resultSF.EditInsertShape(inputSF.get_Shape(i), ref shpIndex);
            }

            int numErase = eraseSF.NumShapes;

            for (int i = 0; i <= numErase - 1; i++)
            {
                MapWinGIS.Shape eraseShape = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                eraseShape = eraseSF.get_Shape(i);

                MapWinGIS.Shape resultShp = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                for (int j = 0; j <= numInputs - 1; j++)
                {
                    MapWinGIS.Shape currShape = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                    currShape = resultSF.get_Shape(j);

                    //if bounds intersect, then check if all polygon points are inside the currShape
                    if (Globals.CheckBounds(ref currShape, ref eraseShape))
                    {
                        int  numPts    = eraseShape.numPoints;
                        bool allInside = true;
                        int  numParts  = eraseShape.NumParts;
                        if (numParts == 0)
                        {
                            numParts = 1;
                        }
                        Globals.Vertex[][] vertArray = new Globals.Vertex[numParts][];
                        Globals.ConvertPolyToVertexArray(ref currShape, out vertArray);
                        for (int k = 0; k <= numPts - 1; k++)
                        {
                            double x = eraseShape.get_Point(k).x;
                            double y = eraseShape.get_Point(k).y;
                            if (Utils.PointInPoly(ref vertArray, x, y) == false)
                            {
                                allInside = false;
                                break;
                            }
                        }

                        if (allInside == true)
                        {
                            resultShp = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                            resultShp.Create(inputSF.ShapefileType);
                            //we want the symmetric difference of these two shapes
                            //which should leave us with a hole where the erase polygon was in the currShape
                            resultShp = SpatialOperations.SymmetricDifference(eraseShape, currShape);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            //erase overlapping section and add result to the file.
                            MapWinGIS.Shape intersect = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                            intersect.ShapeType = inputSF.ShapefileType;
                            intersect           = SpatialOperations.Intersection(eraseShape, currShape);
                            if (intersect.numPoints > 0)
                            {
                                MapWinGIS.Shape diff = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                                diff.ShapeType = eraseShape.ShapeType;
                                diff           = SpatialOperations.Difference(currShape, eraseShape);
                                int numPoints = diff.numPoints;
                                if (numPoints > 0)
                                {
                                    resultShp = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                                    resultShp.Create(inputSF.ShapefileType);
                                    resultShp = diff;
                                }                        //difference operation successful
                            }                            //intersect operation successful
                            else
                            {
                                //no intersection, shapes do not collide
                                resultShp = currShape;
                            }
                        }                        //all points of erase polygon are not inside currShape

                        if (resultShp.numPoints > 0)
                        {
                            shpIndex = j;
                            resultSF.EditDeleteShape(shpIndex);
                            resultSF.EditInsertShape(resultShp, ref shpIndex);
                        }
                    }    //end of bounds intersect
                }        //end of looping through input polygons
            }            //end of looping through erase polygons
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("Finsihed ErasePolySFWithPolySF");
            return(true);
        }
Beispiel #6
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        /// <summary>
        /// Erases the portions of the polygon shapefile that are within the polygon shape.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="polySF">The polygon shapefile.</param>
        /// <param name="polygon">The erase polygon.</param>
        /// <param name="resultSF">The resulting shapefile, with portions removed.</param>
        /// <param name="CopyAttributes">Indicates whether to copy attributes or not.</param>
        /// <returns>False if an error was encountered, true otherwise.</returns>
        public static bool ErasePolySFWithPoly(ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile polySF, ref MapWinGIS.Shape polygon, ref MapWinGIS.Shapefile resultSF, bool CopyAttributes)
        {
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("ErasePolySFWithPoly(polySF: " + Macro.ParamName(polySF) + ",\n" +
                                     "                    polygon: " + Macro.ParamName(polygon) + ",\n" +
                                     "                    resultSF: " + Macro.ParamName(resultSF) + "\n" +
                                     "                    CopyAttributes: " + CopyAttributes.ToString());
            if (polySF == null || polygon == null || resultSF == null)
            {
                gErrorMsg = "One of the input parameters is null.";
                Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                return(false);
            }

            if (CopyAttributes)
            {
                string          tmpName;
                MapWinGIS.Field tmpField, currField;
                for (int f = 0; f <= polySF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                {
                    tmpField      = new MapWinGIS.Field();
                    currField     = polySF.get_Field(f);
                    tmpName       = currField.Name;
                    tmpField.Name = tmpName;

                    tmpField.Width     = currField.Width;
                    tmpField.Type      = currField.Type;
                    tmpField.Precision = currField.Precision;
                    tmpField.Key       = currField.Key;
                    resultSF.EditInsertField(tmpField, ref f, null);
                }
            }

            int numShapes = polySF.NumShapes;
            int shpIndex  = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i <= numShapes - 1; i++)
            {
                MapWinGIS.Shape currShape = new MapWinGIS.Shape();
                MapWinGIS.Shape resultShp = new MapWinGIS.Shape();

                currShape = polySF.get_Shape(i);

                //if bounds intersect, then check if all polygon points are inside the currShape
                if (Globals.CheckBounds(ref currShape, ref polygon))
                {
                    int  numPts    = polygon.numPoints;
                    bool allInside = true;
                    int  numParts  = currShape.NumParts;
                    if (numParts == 0)
                    {
                        numParts = 1;
                    }
                    Globals.Vertex[][] vertArray = new Globals.Vertex[numParts][];
                    Globals.ConvertPolyToVertexArray(ref currShape, out vertArray);
                    for (int j = 0; j <= numPts - 1; j++)
                    {
                        double x = polygon.get_Point(j).x;
                        double y = polygon.get_Point(j).y;
                        if (Utils.PointInPoly(ref vertArray, x, y) == false)
                        {
                            allInside = false;
                            break;
                        }
                    }

                    if (allInside == true)
                    {
                        resultShp = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                        resultShp.Create(polygon.ShapeType);
                        //we want the symmetric difference of these two shapes
                        //which should leave us with a hole where the erase polygon was in the currShape
                        resultShp = SpatialOperations.SymmetricDifference(polygon, currShape);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //erase overlapping section and add result to the file.
                        MapWinGIS.Shape intersect = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                        intersect.ShapeType = polygon.ShapeType;
                        intersect           = SpatialOperations.Intersection(polygon, currShape);
                        if (intersect.numPoints > 0)
                        {
                            //there might be parts in the difference result that do not belong,
                            //perform an intersection operation with currShape to remove them.
                            MapWinGIS.Shape diff = new MapWinGIS.ShapeClass();
                            diff.ShapeType = polygon.ShapeType;
                            //diff = SpatialOperations.SymmetricDifference(intersect, currShape);
                            diff = SpatialOperations.Difference(currShape, polygon);
                            int numPoints = diff.numPoints;
                            if (numPoints > 0)
                            {
                                resultShp = diff;
                            }                    //difference operation successful
                        }                        //intersect operation successful
                        else
                        {
                            //no intersection, shapes do not collide
                            resultShp = currShape;
                        }
                    }                    //all points of erase polygon are not inside currShape

                    if (resultShp.numPoints > 0)
                    {
                        shpIndex = resultSF.NumShapes;
                        if (resultSF.EditInsertShape(resultShp, ref shpIndex) == false)
                        {
                            gErrorMsg = "ErasePolySF: problem inserting shape into result file: " + resultSF.get_ErrorMsg(resultSF.LastErrorCode);
                            Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                            Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                            return(false);
                        }
                        if (CopyAttributes)
                        {
                            for (int f = 0; f <= polySF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                            {
                                bool tmpbool = resultSF.EditCellValue(f, shpIndex, polySF.get_CellValue(f, i));
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }                //end of if bounds intersect
                else
                {
                    //the erase object does not intersect with the current polygon,
                    //add current polygon to resultSF in unchanged form
                    shpIndex = resultSF.NumShapes;
                    if (resultSF.EditInsertShape(currShape, ref shpIndex) == false)
                    {
                        gErrorMsg = "ErasePolySF: problem inserting shape into result file: " + resultSF.get_ErrorMsg(resultSF.LastErrorCode);
                        Debug.WriteLine(gErrorMsg);
                        Error.SetErrorMsg(gErrorMsg);
                        MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg(gErrorMsg);
                        return(false);
                    }
                    if (CopyAttributes)
                    {
                        for (int f = 0; f <= polySF.NumFields - 1; f++)
                        {
                            bool tmpbool = resultSF.EditCellValue(f, shpIndex, polySF.get_CellValue(f, i));
                        }
                    }
                }
            }            //end of looping through shapes in shapefile
            MapWinUtility.Logger.Dbg("Finished ErasePolySFWithPoly");
            return(true);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Fills the result grid with values from the input grid.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inputGF">The path to the input grid.</param>
        /// <param name="resultGF">The path to the result grid.</param>
        /// <param name="poly">The polygon used in clipping.</param>
        /// <param name="newNumRows">The number of rows in the result grid.</param>
        /// <param name="newNumCols">The number of cols in the result grid.</param>
        /// <param name="rowClearCount">The number of rows that should be filled before
        /// the unmanaged resources are disposed of.</param>
        /// <param name="firstCol">The first column of the original grid that corresponds to the first column of the result grid.</param>
        /// <param name="firstRow">The first row of the original grid that corresponds to the first row of the result grid.</param>
        /// <param name="firstXPt">The X value (minX) of the first point in the result grid.</param>
        /// <param name="firstYPt">The Y value (maxY) of the first point in the result grid.(</param>
        /// <param name="clipToExtents">True if clipping to extents rather than polygon shape.</param>
        /// <returns>False if an error was encountered, true otherwise.</returns>
        private static bool FillGrid(ref string inputGF, ref string resultGF, ref MapWinGIS.Shape poly, int newNumRows, int newNumCols, int rowClearCount, int firstCol, int firstRow, double firstXPt, double firstYPt, bool clipToExtents)
        {
            //			System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter ramCounter;
            //			ramCounter = new PerformanceCounter("Memory", "Available Bytes");
            //			float availableRAM = ramCounter.NextValue();
            bool        inRAM    = true;
            bool        status   = true;
            int         startRow = 0;
            int         lastRow  = newNumRows - 1;
            GridWrapper inputGW  = new GridWrapper();
            GridWrapper resultGW = new GridWrapper();
            //variables associated with input grid:
            int    oldNumCols = 0;
            double cellWidth  = 0;
            double cellHeight = 0;
            double yPt        = 0;

            int numParts = poly.NumParts;

            if (numParts == 0)
            {
                numParts = 1;
            }
            Globals.Vertex[][] polyVertArray = new Globals.Vertex[numParts][];
            Globals.ConvertPolyToVertexArray(ref poly, out polyVertArray);

            for (int row = startRow; row <= lastRow; row++)
            {
                if (row == startRow)
                {
                    inputGW = new GridWrapper();
                    if (inputGW.Open(inputGF, inRAM) == false)
                    {
                        status = false;
                        break;
                    }

                    resultGW = new GridWrapper();
                    if (resultGW.Open(resultGF, inRAM) == false)
                    {
                        status = false;
                        break;
                    }

                    if (row == 0)
                    {
                        //initialize variables
                        cellWidth  = inputGW.GetCellWidth();
                        cellHeight = inputGW.GetCellHeight();
                        oldNumCols = inputGW.GetNumCols();
                    }

                    yPt = firstYPt - (cellHeight * row);

                    if (FillRow(inputGW, resultGW, ref polyVertArray, row, firstXPt, yPt, firstCol, firstRow, cellWidth, newNumCols, oldNumCols, clipToExtents) == false)
                    {
                        status = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                //dispose of COM objects every "rowClearCount" iterations to give memory a chance to be released by GC
                //TODO: Calculate how often we should dispose of resources (expensive) based on
                //amount of RAM available and size of grid being created.
                else if (row == startRow + rowClearCount)
                {
                    if (resultGW.Save(resultGF) == false)
                    {
                        status = false;
                        break;
                    }
                    startRow += rowClearCount;
                    inputGW.Dispose();
                    inputGW = null;
                    resultGW.Dispose();
                    resultGW = null;
                    row      = startRow - 1;
                    continue;
                }
                else
                {
                    yPt = firstYPt - (cellHeight * row);                    //adjust y value according to current row

                    if (FillRow(inputGW, resultGW, ref polyVertArray, row, firstXPt, yPt, firstCol, firstRow, cellWidth, newNumCols, oldNumCols, clipToExtents) == false)
                    {
                        status = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }            //end of looping through rows

            if (inputGW != null)
            {
                inputGW.Dispose();
                inputGW = null;
            }
            if (resultGW != null)
            {
                if (resultGW.Save(resultGF) == false)
                {
                    status = false;
                }
                resultGW.Dispose();
                resultGW = null;
            }
            return(status);
        }