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It can generate several types of buffers for GeoMedia objects, and provides a host of options for dealing with polygons, islands, and processing by fence.</span></span></p> <p><span class=topicc><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF Buffer:</span></span></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Runs on top of GeoMedia / GeoMedia Professional</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Merges the created buffer zones</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rounds the edges of the buffers</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Outputs to specified area feature class</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Has a user-friendly interface</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Is very efficient</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></li> </ul> </blockquote> <p><span class=topicc><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What is a buffer zone?</span></span></p> <p><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A buffer zone is a region surrounding one or more objects. Every point in the region is within the user-specified buffer distance of the objects. In other words, the closest distance between a point in the buffer zone and a point on or in the object is less than or equal to the buffer distance. If the buffer zones for the input elements overlap, they are merged to form larger buffer zones.</span></span></p> <p><span class=topicc><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF Buffer</span></span><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> provides the following options for generating buffer zones about area features:</span></span></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exterior Zone</span></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exterior Solid</span></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interior Zone</span></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interior Solid</span></span></p> </blockquote> <p><span class=topicc><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sample Results</span></span></p> <p><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The following diagrams show the buffer zones for point, linear and area features.</span></span></p> <div align=center> <table border=1 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in' id=Table6> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>INPUT &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;BUFFER ZONE</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=408 height=131 src="images/MRF_BU31.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU31.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Point feature</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=514 height=41 src="images/MRF_BU32.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU32.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Linear feature</span></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topicc><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Figure 1:</span></span><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Buffer zones for various input features</span></span></p> <div align=center> <table border=1 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in' id=Table7> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>INPUT &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;BUFFER ZONE</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=525 height=120 src="images/MRF_BU33.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU33.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exterior Zone</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=522 height=120 src="images/MRF_BU34.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU34.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exterior Solid</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=531 height=94 src="images/MRF_BU35.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU35.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interior Zone</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=528 height=94 src="images/MRF_BU36.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU36.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interior Solid</span></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topicc><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Figure 2:</span></span><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Simple area features</span></span></p> <div align=center> <table border=1 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in' id=Table8> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>INPUT &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;BUFFER ZONE</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=525 height=121 src="images/MRF_BU37.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU37.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exterior Zone</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=522 height=121 src="images/MRF_BU38.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU38.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exterior Solid</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=531 height=94 src="images/MRF_BU39.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU39.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interior Zone</span></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=528 height=94 src="images/MRF_BU40.gif" alt="Description: Products\geomedia\images\MRF_BU40.gif"></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interior Solid</span></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topicc><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Figure 3:</span></span><span class=topica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Area features with holes</span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>