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Fig. 9

From: Alpha shapes: determining 3D shape complexity across morphologically diverse structures

Fig. 9

‘Coastline paradox’ example. 2D point clouds of Great Britain increase in density from a-f. As point cloud density increases, refinement coefficient k must decrease in order to resolve fine-scale features and maintain an equivalent alpha-shape area. Map modified from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/England%2C_Scotland_and_Wales_within_the_UK_and_Europe.svg

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