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GeometryCase 09 of 13

Self-intersecting polygon

Bowtie/overlapping rings make area and containment undefined.

Class
Case to account for
Affects
2 conversions
01

Detection

turf.kinks returns intersection points.

02

Mitigation

01
Repair upstream (buffer(0) / make-valid)
02
Reject and flag rather than silently fill
03

Affected conversions

PolygonH3 (intersects)
OPEN
PolygonH3 (fully-contained)
OPEN