This task allows to aggregate identical symbols depending on their associated text or not. An associated text si a text transferred within the same GISLink rule:
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Computation mode |
according to deposit point |
• according to deposit point: insertion point is only used to process. • according to symbol type size: symbol size is only used to process. |
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Search tolerance |
0 |
In relation to the insertion point. When the symbols are placed at a distance inferior to this value, these symbols can be aggregated. |
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Use texts for comparison |
yes |
• yes: the text associated with the symbol will determine the fact that symbols are aggregated or not: if texts are different, symbols placed at a distance inferior to the search tolerance won't be aggregated. • no: symbols will be aggregated in any case and as soon as they are placed at a distance inferior to the search tolerance. |
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Keep link with texts |
yes |
• yes: two identical texts will be replaced by one and the possible existing connection line will be recreated from the insertion point of the aggregated symbol to the remaining text. • no: existing texts keep their initial position and are not linked to the symbol by a connection line. |
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In this example, each symbol is associated with a text. |
Using the symbol aggregation task and setting the "Keep link with text" parameter to "no", the result is the following one. |
Once the "Keep link with text" parameter set to "yes", the result is the following one. |
Combining this task with a "Text modification by regular expression" task, you can get some very interesting result in terms of generalization:
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Initial transfer |
Transfer using the combination of Symbol aggregation task and a Text modification by regular expression |
