![]() ![]() ![]() In other fields such as mine (computational geometry) they are almost exclusively referred to as Voronoi Diagrams and Voronoi Polygons. Which of the two terms is more ubiquitous is highly dependent upon the field - In hydrology/meteorology, Thiessen is almost exclusively used (Alfred Thiessen was a meteorologist). We should not make these tags master/synonyms or combine them for the following reasons: We should tag these questions with both Voronoi and Thiessen. What is the difference between Create Thiessen Polygons tool (ArcGIS) and Voronoi Polygons tool (QGIS)? Then again, there's also the term Delaunay Triangulation, which currently has no tag.Ī related technical discussion on GIS SE is the following: I'm wondering if maybe voronoi-thiessen-polygons might be the answer to which both get made a synonym. The wording in the Wikipedia article on Voronoi diagram would seem to suggest that Voronoi is more generic and Thiessen more specific to geophysics/spatial contexts - for whatever that's worth. In terms of GIS and the questions, I'm not really seeing a difference between the two (please, correct me if I'm wrong) so it seems silly to have both separately. Different softwares call the tool that does the same thing (I think) one or the other. Many search results list one first with the other in parentheses after. One came first, one's American, one's Esri. I just noticed a new pair of candidates for tag synonyms that I'm not sure how to handle or if anything at all should be done: This was originally posted as an answer in the How to suggest tag synonyms? question, but given my uncertainty in what synonym to suggest and the nature of their relationship, comment suggested it might be better as its own question. ![]()
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