Developing street pole distance measurement with dual-quad rig

		}

		return mx;

	}

	public int removeFewNeibs(

			boolean [] selection, // should be the same size

			int min_neibs)

	{

		int num_total_removed=0;

		int l = getLength();

		while (true) {

			int num_removed = 0;

			boolean [] to_remove = new boolean[l];

			for (int indx = 0; indx < l; indx++) if (selection[indx]){

				int num_neibs = 0;

				label_neibs: {

					for (int dir = 0; dir < 8; dir++) {

						int indx1 = getNeibIndex(indx, dir);

						if ((indx1 >= 0) && selection[indx1]) {

							num_neibs++;

							if (num_neibs >= min_neibs) {

								break label_neibs;

							}

						}

					}

					to_remove[indx] = true;

					num_removed++;

				}

			}

			if (num_removed > 0) {

				for (int i = 0; i < l; i++) if (to_remove[i]) {

					selection[i] = false;

				}

				num_total_removed += num_removed;

			} else {

				break;

			}

		}

		return num_total_removed;

	}

}