Sliver polygon
Sliver polygon (also sliver, small area or splinter polygon ) is a technical term from the field of geographic information systems .
Sliver polygons are incorrectly created residual areas that arise when different data levels are spatially intersected . Typically, Sliver polygons occur when intersecting differently digitized boundary lines . Sliver polygons are characterized by small, stretched areas. Since Sliver polygons do not correspond to areas in reality, they need to be eliminated. Standard GIS software (e.g. ArcView ) has i. d. R. Tools that automatically clean up Sliver polygons based on a size tolerance.