Vector Topology Repair
When To Use
- •Use before overlay, dissolve, or network analysis on vector data.
- •Use when polygons contain slivers, overlaps, or self-intersections.
- •Use when line features require snapping and connectivity cleanup.
Workflow
- •Run topology diagnostics and categorize issue types.
- •Repair invalid geometries with deterministic methods first.
- •Apply snapping, simplification, or dissolve rules with explicit tolerances.
- •Re-validate topology after each repair stage.
- •Produce a repair report: counts fixed, remaining issues, and manual-review cases.
Guardrails
- •Preserve source data by writing repaired outputs as new layers.
- •Do not use aggressive tolerances without documenting tradeoffs.
- •Escalate unresolved or ambiguous fixes instead of forcing silent edits.