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BOUNDS is a command-line program for the GNU operating system that generates a boundary of a set of xy points.

With Bounds, generate an ogr-gmt compatible boundary vector of a given point set. There are a number of algorithms to choose from in generating the boundary, including convex hull, concave hull, bounding block and bounding box.

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bounds [OPTION]... [FILE]
Generate a boundary of the set of xy points from FILE, or standard input, to standard output.

  ---- xy i/o ----

  -d, --delimiter       The input xy file record delimiter.
                        If omitted, the delimiter will be guessed from the first line read.
  -g, --gmt             Format output as GMT vector multipolygon; Use twice to supress
                        the initial header (e.g. -gg).
  -n, --name            The output layer name (only used with -g).
  -r, --record          The input record order, 'xy' should represent the locations
                        of the x and y records, respectively (e.g. --record zdyx).
  -s, --skip            The number of lines to skip from the input.

  ---- bounds ----

  -b, --box             'Bounding Box' boundary. 
  -k, --block           'Bounding Block' boundary. Specify the blocking increment
                        in input units (e.g. --block 0.001). Specify a blocking region
                        after the increment if desired (e.g. --block 0.001/west/east/south/north).
  -x, --convex          'Convex Hull' boundary using a monotone chain algorithm. [default]
                        Use twice to use a package wrap algorithm (e.g. -xx).
  -v, --concave         'Concave Hull' boundary using a distance weighted package wrap algorithm.
                        Specify distance value or - to estimate appropriate distance.

  ---- et cetra ----

      --verbose         increase the verbosity.
      --help            print this help menu and exit.
      --version         print version information and exit.


With no FILE, or when FILE is --, read standard input.
All OPTION values must be in the same units as the input xy data.

Examples:
  bounds                output a convex hull from standard input.
  bounds -g -k0.0001    output a GMT formatted 'block' boundary from standard input.
  bounds -v10 -d,       output a concave hull from comma-delimited standard input.
  bounds -v- in.xyz     output a concave hull from file in.xyz

Figure 1. NOS survey H08891 bounded with 'box'

Figure 2. NOS survey H08891 bounded with 'block'

Figure 3. NOS survey H08891 bounded with 'convex'

Figure 4. NOS survey H08891 bounded with 'concave'