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Challenge #220: Hedge Detection

apathetichell
20 - Arcturus

Hardcoded lookup table and messy - a slightly difference on area but otherwise got the solution...

NicoleJohnson
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

My solution!

 

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Cheers!

NJ

binu_acs
21 - Polaris
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Samanthaj_hughes
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Loved this one! Must have taken Joe back to his early years! 😄

#Alteryxrocks
danilang
19 - Altair
19 - Altair

Once you build a properly connected map, you only need 3 spatial fields

 

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Dan

JoshML
Alteryx
Alteryx
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Thableaus
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Challenge solved.

 

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Found really confusing the hedge measurement, but ok.

Cheers,

johnzrgu75
7 - Meteor
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Use way 2 (addition). Couldn't understand why way 1 (reduction) results slightly different.

DataHabanero
9 - Comet

Ready!

cwkoops
8 - Asteroid

Couldn't think of a way without the manual input files.