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The QGIS Polygon Divider: Polygon partition into an irregular equal area grid

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The QGIS ‘Polygon Divider’ plugin solves the problem of partitioning an arbitrarily complex polygon into an irregular grid of equal area rectangles, which has a range of applications for city science and GIS more broadly. This is achieved by the iterative partition of the polygon using cutlines that are located using Brent’s method, which is an efficient optimisation algorithm. At the time of release, this was the only tool with such functionality in a major GIS platform, though the functionality has since been replicated.

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  • Jonathan Huck, 2026. "The QGIS Polygon Divider: Polygon partition into an irregular equal area grid," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 53(3), pages 507-515, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:53:y:2026:i:3:p:507-515
    DOI: 10.1177/23998083251378340
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