lijnpad
Lijnpad is a Dutch term used in fields such as geographic information systems (GIS), computer-aided design (CAD), and computer graphics. It refers to a path defined by a sequence of straight line segments that connect a series of points. In many contexts, a lijnpad is treated as a polyline, meaning it is open (not forming a closed loop) unless specified otherwise.
In practice, a lijnpad is represented by an ordered list of vertices and coordinates. These coordinates may
Key operations on een lijnpad include calculating its length by summing the distances between consecutive vertices,
Related concepts include polyline, path, and linestring. In SVG, a polyline element represents a lijnpad as