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Central lines of polygons

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Generate centerlines for polygon features.
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Polygonal vector layer in OGR-compatible format, or in ZIP file.

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This instrument creates centerlines for polygons. It is helpful for transforming roads or rivers digitized as polygons into lines.

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Input polygon layer and resulting line layer

Inputs:

  • Polygon vector layer in a GDAL-supported format, e.g. GeoPackage, GeoJSON, MapInfo TAB, ESRI Shapefile (the latter two should be in ZIP archive).

Outputs:

  • Line vector layer in GeoPackage.

Try the tool in action

  1. Click on the Demo button above the tool form. The fields are filled in with demo values.

  2. Click on the Run button.

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