@math.gl/geospatial 5.0.0-alpha.9 → 5.0.0-beta.1

package/src/discontinuous/map-layout.ts

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+// math.gl
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) vis.gl contributors
+
+import polygonClipping from 'polygon-clipping';
+import {
+  add,
+  angle,
+  ringOrientation,
+  basis,
+  coordinates,
+  cross,
+  dot,
+  geographic,
+  RAD,
+  scale,
+  unit,
+  validateArc,
+  type Position,
+  type Vector
+} from './math';
+
+export type GeographicPosition = readonly [number, number];
+/** [a,b,c,d,tx,ty]: x'=a*x+c*y+tx, y'=b*x+d*y+ty. */
+export type MapPlacement = readonly [number, number, number, number, number, number];
+/** Bounds in placed map units: [minX, minY, maxX, maxY]. */
+export type MapBounds = readonly [number, number, number, number];
+/** Presentation metadata; frames do not change geographic clipping. */
+export type MapRegionLayout = {
+  label?: string;
+  kind?: 'main' | 'inset' | 'panel';
+  parentId?: string;
+  /** Semantic linear scale relative to the parent, independent of output units. */
+  relativeScale?: number;
+  /** Back-to-front order; equal values retain region definition order. */
+  drawOrder?: number;
+  frame?: MapBounds;
+};
+export type MapRegion = {
+  id: string;
+  layout?: MapRegionLayout;
+  /** Ordered convex spherical boundary, with optional repeated closing point. */
+  boundary: readonly GeographicPosition[];
+  /** Strictly interior point, used to orient the boundary half-spaces. */
+  interior: GeographicPosition;
+  project: (position: GeographicPosition) => Position;
+  unproject: (position: GeographicPosition) => Position | null;
+  placement?: MapPlacement;
+};
+export type MapSeam = {
+  regions: readonly string[];
+  edges: readonly number[];
+  /** Join continuity is sampled at endpoints and midpoint; clipping does not rely on it. */
+  kind: 'join' | 'cut' | 'boundary';
+};
+export type MapPoint = {regionId: string; position: Position};
+export type MapLine = {regionId: string; coordinates: Position[]; sourceCoordinates: Position[]};
+export type MapPolygon = {
+  regionId: string;
+  coordinates: Position[][];
+  sourceCoordinates: Position[][];
+};
+export type MapSamplingOptions = {
+  /** Maximum angular sampling interval in degrees. Default 2, range (0, 90]. */
+  maxAngularStep?: number;
+  /** Midpoint chord-error target in placed output units. Default 1e-4. */
+  tolerance?: number;
+};
+type Region = {
+  definition: MapRegion;
+  vertices: Vector[];
+  normals: Vector[];
+  placement: MapPlacement;
+  placementScale: number;
+  normalizedPlacement: number[];
+  determinant: number;
+};
+const EPS = 1e-10;
+
+/** Experimental static map layout. Source edges are minor great-circle arcs.
+ * Geometry is split at every region boundary, including continuous joins.
+ */
+export class DiscontinuousMap {
+  readonly regions: readonly MapRegion[];
+  readonly seams: readonly MapSeam[];
+  private readonly compiled: Region[];
+  constructor(definitions: readonly MapRegion[]) {
+    if (!definitions.length) throw new Error('At least one map region is required');
+    const ids = new Set<string>();
+    this.compiled = definitions.map(definition => {
+      if (!definition.id || ids.has(definition.id))
+        throw new Error('Map region IDs must be unique and nonempty');
+      ids.add(definition.id);
+      let vertices = definition.boundary.map(geographic);
+      if (vertices.length > 1 && angle(vertices[0], vertices[vertices.length - 1]) < EPS)
+        vertices = vertices.slice(0, -1);
+      if (vertices.length < 3)
+        throw new Error('A region requires at least three boundary vertices');
+      const interior = geographic(definition.interior);
+      const normals = vertices.map((v, i) => {
+        const next = vertices[(i + 1) % vertices.length];
+        validateArc(v, next);
+        let normal = unit(cross(v, next));
+        if (dot(normal, interior) < 0) normal = scale(normal, -1);
+        if (dot(normal, interior) < EPS || vertices.some(p => dot(normal, p) < -EPS))
+          throw new Error('Region must be convex with a strictly interior reference point');
+        return normal;
+      });
+      const placement = [
+        ...(definition.placement || [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0])
+      ] as unknown as MapPlacement;
+      if (placement.length !== 6 || !placement.every(Number.isFinite))
+        throw new Error('Placement must be a finite invertible affine transform');
+      // A normalized determinant avoids both underflow and overflow and makes
+      // the numerical singularity threshold independent of output units.
+      const placementScale = Math.max(...placement.slice(0, 4).map(Math.abs));
+      const normalizedPlacement = placement.slice(0, 4).map(v => v / placementScale);
+      const [a, b, c, d] = normalizedPlacement;
+      const determinant = a * d - b * c;
+      if (!Number.isFinite(determinant) || Math.abs(determinant) < 1e-14)
+        throw new Error('Placement must be a finite invertible affine transform');
+      const metadata = definition.layout;
+      if (
+        metadata?.relativeScale !== undefined &&
+        (!Number.isFinite(metadata.relativeScale) || metadata.relativeScale <= 0)
+      )
+        throw new Error('Relative scale must be finite and positive');
+      if (metadata?.drawOrder !== undefined && !Number.isFinite(metadata.drawOrder))
+        throw new Error('Draw order must be finite');
+      if (
+        metadata?.frame &&
+        (metadata.frame.length !== 4 ||
+          !metadata.frame.every(Number.isFinite) ||
+          metadata.frame[0] >= metadata.frame[2] ||
+          metadata.frame[1] >= metadata.frame[3])
+      )
+        throw new Error('Frame must have finite, increasing bounds');
+      const layout = metadata
+        ? Object.freeze({
+            ...metadata,
+            ...(metadata.frame ? {frame: Object.freeze([...metadata.frame]) as MapBounds} : {})
+          })
+        : undefined;
+      const snapshot = Object.freeze({
+        ...definition,
+        ...(layout ? {layout} : {}),
+        interior: Object.freeze([...definition.interior]) as GeographicPosition,
+        boundary: Object.freeze(vertices.map(v => Object.freeze(coordinates(v)))),
+        placement: Object.freeze(placement)
+      });
+      return {
+        definition: snapshot,
+        vertices,
+        normals,
+        placement,
+        placementScale,
+        normalizedPlacement,
+        determinant
+      };
+    });
+    this.regions = Object.freeze(this.compiled.map(r => r.definition));
+    const byId = new Map(this.regions.map(r => [r.id, r]));
+    for (const r of this.regions) {
+      const visited = new Set([r.id]);
+      let parent = r.layout?.parentId;
+      while (parent !== undefined) {
+        if (!byId.has(parent) || visited.has(parent))
+          throw new Error('Invalid region parent hierarchy');
+        visited.add(parent);
+        parent = byId.get(parent)!.layout?.parentId;
+      }
+    }
+    this.seams = Object.freeze(this.buildSeams());
+  }
+  /** Boundary-inclusive; order determines default point ownership. */
+  findRegions(position: GeographicPosition): string[] {
+    const p = geographic(position);
+    return this.compiled.filter(r => this.contains(r, p)).map(r => r.definition.id);
+  }
+  /** Conservative fast-path test for a convex source ring in one chart. */
+  containsConvexPolygon(ring: readonly GeographicPosition[], regionId: string): boolean {
+    const region = this.select(regionId)[0];
+    if (ring.length < 3) return false;
+    const points = ring.map(geographic),
+      sum = points.reduce(add, [0, 0, 0]);
+    if (Math.hypot(...sum) < 1e-12) return false;
+    const center = unit(sum);
+    if (points.some(p => dot(center, p) <= 1e-6 || !this.contains(region, p))) return false;
+    let edges = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < points.length; i++) {
+      const n = cross(points[i], points[(i + 1) % points.length]),
+        length = Math.hypot(...n);
+      if (length < 1e-12) continue;
+      edges++;
+      const normal = scale(n, (dot(n, center) < 0 ? -1 : 1) / length);
+      if (points.some(p => dot(normal, p) < -1e-10)) return false;
+    }
+    return edges >= 3;
+  }
+  projectPoint(position: GeographicPosition, regionId?: string): MapPoint | null {
+    const p = geographic(position);
+    const candidates = this.select(regionId);
+    const region = candidates.find(r => this.contains(r, p));
+    return region ? {regionId: region.definition.id, position: this.project(region, p)} : null;
+  }
+  /** Explicit candidates: gaps return []; overlaps and seams can return several. */
+  unprojectPoint(position: GeographicPosition, regionId?: string): MapPoint[] {
+    if (position.length !== 2 || !position.every(Number.isFinite))
+      throw new Error('Expected finite XY coordinates');
+    const results: MapPoint[] = [];
+    for (const r of this.select(regionId)) {
+      const [a, b, c, d] = r.normalizedPlacement;
+      // Subtract first for cancellation accuracy; scale first only if the
+      // difference overflows, so inverse placement works at large scales too.
+      const deltaX = position[0] - r.placement[4];
+      const deltaY = position[1] - r.placement[5];
+      const x = Number.isFinite(deltaX)
+        ? deltaX / r.placementScale
+        : position[0] / r.placementScale - r.placement[4] / r.placementScale;
+      const y = Number.isFinite(deltaY)
+        ? deltaY / r.placementScale
+        : position[1] / r.placementScale - r.placement[5] / r.placementScale;
+      const local: Position = [(d * x - c * y) / r.determinant, (-b * x + a * y) / r.determinant];
+      if (!local.every(Number.isFinite)) continue;
+      const source = r.definition.unproject(local);
+      if (!source) continue;
+      const p = geographic(source);
+      if (!this.contains(r, p)) continue;
+      const check = this.project(r, p);
+      const outputScale = Math.max(r.placementScale, Math.abs(position[0]), Math.abs(position[1]));
+      if (
+        Math.hypot(
+          check[0] / outputScale - position[0] / outputScale,
+          check[1] / outputScale - position[1] / outputScale
+        ) <= 1e-8
+      )
+        results.push({regionId: r.definition.id, position: coordinates(p)});
+    }
+    return results;
+  }
+  projectLine(line: readonly GeographicPosition[], options: MapSamplingOptions = {}): MapLine[] {
+    const settings = sampling(options);
+    const points = line.map(geographic);
+    for (let i = 1; i < points.length; i++) validateArc(points[i - 1], points[i]);
+    const results: MapLine[] = [];
+    for (const r of this.compiled) {
+      let current: MapLine | null = null;
+      for (let i = 1; i < points.length; i++) {
+        const clipped = clipArc(points[i - 1], points[i], r.normals);
+        if (!clipped) {
+          current = null;
+          continue;
+        }
+        const sampled = this.sample(r, clipped[0], clipped[1], settings);
+        if (sampled.length < 2) continue;
+        if (
+          !current ||
+          angle(
+            geographic(current.sourceCoordinates[current.sourceCoordinates.length - 1]),
+            clipped[0]
+          ) > EPS ||
+          !this.sameProjectedPoint(
+            current.coordinates[current.coordinates.length - 1],
+            this.project(r, sampled[0])
+          )
+        ) {
+          current = {regionId: r.definition.id, coordinates: [], sourceCoordinates: []};
+          results.push(current);
+        } else sampled.shift();
+        for (const p of sampled) {
+          current.coordinates.push(this.project(r, p));
+          current.sourceCoordinates.push(coordinates(p));
+        }
+        // Even an excursion returning to the same seam point starts a new part.
+        if (!this.contains(r, points[i])) current = null;
+      }
+    }
+    return results;
+  }
+  /** Sample the visible coverage outline of one chart. */
+  getRegionOutlines(id: string, options?: MapSamplingOptions): Position[][] {
+    const region = this.regions.find(r => r.id === id);
+    if (!region) throw new Error('Unknown region');
+    return this.projectLine([...region.boundary, region.boundary[0]], options)
+      .filter(part => part.regionId === id)
+      .map(part => part.coordinates);
+  }
+
+  /** Exterior first, then holes; winding-independent. Each input polygon must
+   * fit in one open hemisphere. Returned polygons have CCW exteriors/CW holes.
+   */
+  projectPolygon(
+    rings: readonly (readonly GeographicPosition[])[],
+    options: MapSamplingOptions & {chartCenter?: GeographicPosition} = {}
+  ): MapPolygon[] {
+    const settings = sampling(options);
+    if (!rings.length) return [];
+    const vectors = rings.map(ring => {
+      let p = ring.map(geographic);
+      if (p.length > 1 && angle(p[0], p[p.length - 1]) < EPS) p = p.slice(0, -1);
+      if (p.length < 3) throw new Error('Polygon rings require at least three vertices');
+      p.forEach((v, i) => validateArc(v, p[(i + 1) % p.length]));
+      return p;
+    });
+    const center = options.chartCenter
+      ? geographic(options.chartCenter)
+      : unit(vectors[0].reduce(add, [0, 0, 0]));
+    if (vectors.some(r => r.some(p => dot(center, p) <= 1e-6)))
+      throw new Error(
+        'Polygon does not fit its open-hemisphere chart; supply chartCenter or split into smaller polygons'
+      );
+    const [x, y] = basis(center);
+    const planar = vectors.map(r =>
+      r.map(p => [dot(x, p) / dot(center, p), dot(y, p) / dot(center, p)] as Position)
+    );
+    if (planar.some(r => ringOrientation(r) === 0)) throw new Error('Degenerate polygon ring');
+    let bound = 1;
+    for (const ring of planar)
+      for (const p of ring) bound = Math.max(bound, Math.abs(p[0]), Math.abs(p[1]));
+    bound += 1;
+    // Convex single rings need no boolean reconstruction. Direct half-space
+    // clipping avoids nearly coincident mask/input edges at exact grid seams.
+    // With holes, clip the convex outer boundary first as well, then retain
+    // Boolean subtraction for holes. Re-intersecting the clipped exterior with
+    // its source can lose faces when coincident edges disagree by roundoff.
+    const orientation = ringOrientation(planar[0]);
+    let totalTurn = 0;
+    const convexOuter =
+      planar[0].every((p, i, ring) => {
+        const q = ring[(i + 1) % ring.length];
+        const r = ring[(i + 2) % ring.length];
+        const turn = ringOrientation([p, q, r]);
+        if (turn !== 0 && turn !== orientation) return false;
+        const ax = q[0] - p[0],
+          ay = q[1] - p[1];
+        const bx = r[0] - q[0],
+          by = r[1] - q[1];
+        const aLength = Math.hypot(ax, ay),
+          bLength = Math.hypot(bx, by);
+        if (aLength === 0 || bLength === 0) return false;
+        const cross = (ax / aLength) * (by / bLength) - (ay / aLength) * (bx / bLength);
+        const dot = (ax / aLength) * (bx / bLength) + (ay / aLength) * (by / bLength);
+        // Backtracking edges are not a convex boundary.
+        if (turn === 0 && dot < 0) return false;
+        totalTurn += Math.atan2(cross, dot);
+        return true;
+      }) &&
+      // Local turns alone also accept self-crossing stars. A convex boundary
+      // makes exactly one revolution; this additional check stays linear.
+      Math.abs(totalTurn - orientation * 2 * Math.PI) < 1e-7;
+    const convex = planar.length === 1 && convexOuter;
+    const origin = planar[0][0];
+    let extent = 0;
+    for (const p of planar[0])
+      extent = Math.max(extent, Math.abs(p[0] - origin[0]), Math.abs(p[1] - origin[1]));
+    const relativeArea = (ring: Position[]) =>
+      Math.abs(
+        ring.reduce((sum, p, i) => {
+          const q = ring[(i + 1) % ring.length];
+          return (
+            sum +
+            ((p[0] - origin[0]) / extent) * ((q[1] - origin[1]) / extent) -
+            ((p[1] - origin[1]) / extent) * ((q[0] - origin[0]) / extent)
+          );
+        }, 0)
+      );
+    const inputArea = relativeArea(planar[0]);
+    const results: MapPolygon[] = [];
+    for (const r of this.compiled) {
+      let clip: Position[] = convexOuter
+        ? planar[0].slice()
+        : [
+            [-bound, -bound],
+            [bound, -bound],
+            [bound, bound],
+            [-bound, bound]
+          ];
+      for (const n of r.normals) clip = clipPlane(clip, dot(n, x), dot(n, y), dot(n, center));
+      if (clip.length < 3 || ringOrientation(clip) === 0) continue;
+      // Roundoff at a tangent seam must not emit a numerical sliver. Compare
+      // to the source ring's own scale so genuinely small polygons survive.
+      if (convexOuter && relativeArea(clip) <= inputArea * 1024 * Number.EPSILON) continue;
+      const polygons = convex
+        ? [[[...clip, clip[0]]]]
+        : convexOuter
+          ? polygonClipping.difference([clip], ...planar.slice(1).map(ring => [ring]))
+          : polygonClipping.intersection(planar, [clip]);
+      for (const polygon of polygons) {
+        if (relativeArea(polygon[0]) <= inputArea * 1024 * Number.EPSILON) continue;
+        const output: MapPolygon = {
+          regionId: r.definition.id,
+          coordinates: [],
+          sourceCoordinates: []
+        };
+        polygon.forEach((ring, index) => {
+          const sphere = ring.map(p => unit(add(center, add(scale(x, p[0]), scale(y, p[1])))));
+          const points: Vector[] = [];
+          for (let i = 1; i < sphere.length; i++) {
+            const sampled = this.sample(r, sphere[i - 1], sphere[i], settings);
+            for (const point of sampled) {
+              const previous = points[points.length - 1];
+              if (!previous || !point.every((value, k) => value === previous[k]))
+                points.push(point);
+            }
+          }
+          if (points.length < 3) return;
+          if (points[points.length - 1].every((value, k) => value === points[0][k])) points.pop();
+          points.push(points[0]);
+          const xy = points.map(p => this.project(r, p));
+          if (ringOrientation(xy) > 0 !== (index === 0)) {
+            xy.reverse();
+            points.reverse();
+          }
+          output.coordinates.push(xy);
+          output.sourceCoordinates.push(points.map(coordinates));
+        });
+        if (output.coordinates.length) results.push(output);
+      }
+    }
+    return results;
+  }
+  private select(id?: string): Region[] {
+    if (id === undefined) return this.compiled;
+    const r = this.compiled.find(p => p.definition.id === id);
+    if (!r) throw new Error(`Unknown map region: ${id}`);
+    return [r];
+  }
+  private contains(r: Region, p: Vector) {
+    return r.normals.every(n => dot(n, p) >= -EPS);
+  }
+  private project(r: Region, p: Vector): Position {
+    const local = r.definition.project(coordinates(p));
+    const [a, b, c, d, tx, ty] = r.placement;
+    const xy: Position = [a * local[0] + c * local[1] + tx, b * local[0] + d * local[1] + ty];
+    if (!xy.every(Number.isFinite))
+      throw new Error(`Nonfinite projection in region ${r.definition.id}`);
+    return xy;
+  }
+  /** Internal extension point for coordinate singularities with directional limits. */
+  protected resolveSourceLimit(point: Vector, _towards: Vector): Vector {
+    return point;
+  }
+  private sameProjectedPoint(a: Position, b: Position) {
+    const magnitude = Math.max(1, ...a.map(Math.abs), ...b.map(Math.abs));
+    return (
+      Math.hypot(a[0] / magnitude - b[0] / magnitude, a[1] / magnitude - b[1] / magnitude) < 1e-12
+    );
+  }
+  private sample(
+    r: Region,
+    a: Vector,
+    b: Vector,
+    settings: {step: number; tolerance: number}
+  ): Vector[] {
+    const originalA = a;
+    a = this.resolveSourceLimit(a, b);
+    b = this.resolveSourceLimit(b, originalA);
+    if (angle(a, b) < 1e-13) return [a];
+    const out: Vector[] = [a];
+    const visit = (u: Vector, v: Vector, depth: number) => {
+      const middle = unit(add(u, v)),
+        p = this.project(r, u),
+        q = this.project(r, v),
+        m = this.project(r, middle);
+      const dx = q[0] - p[0],
+        dy = q[1] - p[1],
+        length = dx * dx + dy * dy;
+      const t = length
+        ? Math.max(0, Math.min(1, ((m[0] - p[0]) * dx + (m[1] - p[1]) * dy) / length))
+        : 0;
+      const error = Math.hypot(m[0] - p[0] - t * dx, m[1] - p[1] - t * dy);
+      if (angle(u, v) > settings.step || error > settings.tolerance) {
+        // Sharp but continuous polar cusps need more refinement than smooth maps.
+        if (depth >= 32 || out.length > 1000000)
+          throw new Error('Projection sampling limit exceeded; relax tolerance');
+        visit(u, middle, depth + 1);
+        visit(middle, v, depth + 1);
+      } else out.push(v);
+    };
+    visit(a, b, 0);
+    return out;
+  }
+  private buildSeams(): MapSeam[] {
+    const groups = new Map<string, {r: Region; i: number}[]>();
+    const key = (p: Vector) => p.map(v => Math.round(v * 1e9)).join(',');
+    for (const r of this.compiled)
+      r.vertices.forEach((p, i) => {
+        const k = [key(p), key(r.vertices[(i + 1) % r.vertices.length])].sort().join('/');
+        const group = groups.get(k) || [];
+        group.push({r, i});
+        groups.set(k, group);
+      });
+    // Repeated/inset domains may share an edge with more than one other
+    // region. Describe each relation independently instead of imposing a
+    // manifold-mesh restriction on arbitrary overlapping map domains.
+    const relations = [...groups.values()].flatMap(group => {
+      if (group.length === 1) return [group];
+      return group.flatMap((edge, index) => group.slice(index + 1).map(other => [edge, other]));
+    });
+    return relations.map(group => {
+      let kind: MapSeam['kind'] = 'boundary';
+      if (group.length === 2) {
+        const {r, i} = group[0],
+          other = group[1].r,
+          a = r.vertices[i],
+          b = r.vertices[(i + 1) % r.vertices.length];
+        const samples = [
+          this.resolveSourceLimit(a, b),
+          unit(add(a, b)),
+          this.resolveSourceLimit(b, a)
+        ];
+        const first = samples.map(p => this.project(r, p));
+        const second = samples.map(p => this.project(other, p));
+        // Measure the actual placed edge, independent of how scale is split
+        // between local projection and placement. Normalize before distances
+        // to avoid overflow; allow only floating-point roundoff at large offsets.
+        const coordinateScale = Math.max(...first.concat(second).flat().map(Math.abs));
+        const normalizedFirst = first.map(p =>
+          p.map(v => (coordinateScale ? v / coordinateScale : 0))
+        );
+        const normalizedSecond = second.map(p =>
+          p.map(v => (coordinateScale ? v / coordinateScale : 0))
+        );
+        const edgeLength = (points: number[][]) =>
+          Math.hypot(points[2][0] - points[0][0], points[2][1] - points[0][1]);
+        const tolerance =
+          1e-8 * Math.max(edgeLength(normalizedFirst), edgeLength(normalizedSecond)) +
+          8 * Number.EPSILON;
+        kind = normalizedFirst.every((u, index) => {
+          const v = normalizedSecond[index];
+          return Math.hypot(u[0] - v[0], u[1] - v[1]) <= tolerance;
+        })
+          ? 'join'
+          : 'cut';
+      }
+      return Object.freeze({
+        regions: Object.freeze(group.map(g => g.r.definition.id)),
+        edges: Object.freeze(group.map(g => g.i)),
+        kind
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
+function sampling(options: MapSamplingOptions) {
+  const step = options.maxAngularStep ?? 2,
+    tolerance = options.tolerance ?? 1e-4;
+  if (
+    !Number.isFinite(step) ||
+    step <= 0 ||
+    step > 90 ||
+    !Number.isFinite(tolerance) ||
+    tolerance <= 0
+  )
+    throw new Error('Invalid map sampling options');
+  return {step: step * RAD, tolerance};
+}
+function clipArc(a: Vector, b: Vector, normals: Vector[]): [Vector, Vector] | null {
+  let start = 0,
+    end = 1;
+  for (const n of normals) {
+    const snap = (x: number) => (Math.abs(x) < EPS ? 0 : x);
+    const u = snap(dot(n, a)),
+      v = snap(dot(n, b));
+    if (u < -EPS && v < -EPS) return null;
+    if (u < 0 && v >= 0) start = Math.max(start, -u / (v - u));
+    if (v < 0 && u >= 0) end = Math.min(end, u / (u - v));
+  }
+  if (end - start < 1e-12) return null;
+  return [
+    unit(add(scale(a, 1 - start), scale(b, start))),
+    unit(add(scale(a, 1 - end), scale(b, end)))
+  ];
+}
+function clipPlane(ring: Position[], a: number, b: number, c: number): Position[] {
+  const output: Position[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < ring.length; i++) {
+    const p = ring[i],
+      q = ring[(i + 1) % ring.length],
+      u = a * p[0] + b * p[1] + c,
+      v = a * q[0] + b * q[1] + c;
+    if (u >= 0) output.push(p);
+    if (u < 0 !== v < 0) {
+      const t = u / (u - v);
+      output.push([p[0] + t * (q[0] - p[0]), p[1] + t * (q[1] - p[1])]);
+    }
+  }
+  return output;
+}
+
+/** Rendering contract shared by analytic charts and sampled maps. Region
+ * boundaries are convex envelopes; use projection methods and outlines for
+ * exact coverage (caps and sampled sections can occupy only part of a chart).
+ * Sampled seam edge indices address flattened coverage rings. */
+export type MapSurface = Pick<
+  DiscontinuousMap,
+  | 'regions'
+  | 'seams'
+  | 'findRegions'
+  | 'containsConvexPolygon'
+  | 'projectPoint'
+  | 'unprojectPoint'
+  | 'projectLine'
+  | 'projectPolygon'
+  | 'getRegionOutlines'
+>;