========== Main JTS ========== The JTS Topology Suite is an external project that GeoTools uses to provide an implementation of the Geometry data structure. The major benefit is the numerically stable geometry operations as a result of years of dedicated effort. .. figure:: /images/gt-main-jts.svg gt-main module JTS Topology Suite Integration GeoTools is all about implementing spatial solutions, and we do our very best to follow a don't invent here policy (rather than get off topic). The excellent **JTS Topology Suite** project offers an implementation of Geometry which we use throughout our library. The GeoTools provides some help for working with JTS: * :doc:`gt-main <../main/index>` offers helper classes (such as *JTS* and *Geometries*) and extends JTS with a *CurvedGeometryFactory* for working with curves along with helper classes to translate Geometry into a Java Shape for display **References** * https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/locationtech.jts * https://locationtech.github.io/jts/ * `JTS Developer Guide.pdf `__ * `JTS Technical Specs.pdf `__ **Maven**:: org.locationtech jts 1.13 **Contents** .. sidebar:: Details .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 faq .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 geometry envelope jts equals relate dim9 operation filter simplify snap ring combine