Fast Inpolygon in MEX

Fast inpolygon function implemented in MEX. So far one of the fastest.
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Updated 22 Mar 2011

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This is a C implementation of the great Matlab code provided by Darren Engwirda. You can find his code in:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10391-fast-points-in-polygon-test

According to my estimates, it works more than 2x as fast. So far, this is one of the fastest implementation that I know of. Sorting is big step of this algorithm. To make it an exact replica, I use stable_sort of std library.

Here is a sample call:

tic(); [In2 On2]=inpolygon_fast(x, y, xv, yv); toc();

The call interface is similiar to inpolygon and not to inpoly. Here x and y are the points to check, where xv and yv define the polygon.

The attachment includes the cpp file, a sample function for comparison and Darren's code.

Cite As

Tolga Birdal (2024). Fast Inpolygon in MEX (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/30819-fast-inpolygon-in-mex), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2009b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
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Inspired by: INPOLY: A fast points-in-polygon test

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