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+/*
+ * This file is part of Hootenanny.
+ *
+ * Hootenanny is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * --------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * The following copyright notices are generated automatically. If you
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+ * This will properly maintain the copyright information. DigitalGlobe
+ * copyrights will be updated automatically.
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2020 DigitalGlobe (http://www.digitalglobe.com/)
+ */
+
+#include "MapUtils.h"
+
+// Hoot
+#include <hoot/core/util/HootException.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/Log.h>
+#include <hoot/core/ops/CopyMapSubsetOp.h>
+#include <hoot/core/visitors/ElementCountVisitor.h>
+#include <hoot/core/visitors/FilteredVisitor.h>
+#include <hoot/core/criterion/PointCriterion.h>
+#include <hoot/core/visitors/RemoveUnknownVisitor.h>
+
+namespace hoot
+{
+
+OsmMapPtr MapUtils::getMapSubset(const ConstOsmMapPtr& map, const ElementCriterionPtr& filter)
+{
+ CopyMapSubsetOp wayCopier(map, filter);
+ OsmMapPtr output(new OsmMap());
+ wayCopier.apply(output);
+ return output;
+}
+
+bool MapUtils::mapIsPointsOnly(const OsmMapPtr& map)
+{
+ std::shared_ptr<PointCriterion> pointCrit(new PointCriterion());
+ pointCrit->setOsmMap(map.get());
+ return
+ (int)FilteredVisitor::getStat(
+ pointCrit,
+ ElementVisitorPtr(new ElementCountVisitor()), map) == (int)map->getElementCount();
+}
+
+void MapUtils::splitMapByStatus(
+ OsmMapPtr& sourceMap, OsmMapPtr& unknown1Map, OsmMapPtr& unknown2Map)
+{
+ RemoveUnknown1Visitor remove1Vis;
+ RemoveUnknown2Visitor remove2Vis;
+ unknown1Map.reset(new OsmMap(sourceMap));
+ unknown1Map->visitRw(remove2Vis);
+ unknown2Map.reset(new OsmMap(sourceMap));
+ unknown2Map->visitRw(remove1Vis);
+}
+
+}