[Tagging] tree rows vs individual trees

[Paul Allen]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 19:19, John Sturdy <jcg.sturdy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it's also comparable to mapping the pylons of a power line and the
> line itself.
>

I would say otherwise.  Power lines are strung between pylons.  Often, the
only clue the
line is there is the pylons.  Any time the line changes direction there
MUST be a pylon.
It's possible to miss a pylon or two along the way of a power line if the
line itself is
visoble.  The pylons are separated by large distances.

Tree rows are different.  One-dimensional woods.  It might be possible to
map individual
trees, but it would be tedious.  Trying to map individual trees
algorithmically by giving a
typical spacing would give misleading results and put more load on the
renderer.  Tree
rows are a shorthand for tediously mapping a lot of individual trees.  I
see individual trees
and tree rows as alternative ways of dealing with things and plotting
individual trees on a
tree row seems bizarre (a row of individual trees is obviously a tree row,
there's no need to
map both at the same time).

-- 
Paul
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