4.43.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.43.2.1 What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/18393/what-are-the-most-common-pitfalls-awaiting-new-users

 
As you may already know, Mathematica is a wonderful piece of software. 
However, it has a few characteristics that tend to confuse new (and sometimes not-so-new) users. That can be clearly seen from  ...
 

- asked by Dr. belisarius (407 votes), answered by Michael E2 (238 votes)

4.43.2.2 Image processing: Floor plan - detecting rooms' borders (area) and room names' texts

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/19546/image-processing-floor-plan-detecting-rooms-borders-area-and-room-names-t

 
 
 
Here is a simple building floor plan. I would like to derive the rooms as (rectangular) components and the names of the rooms. This is very common representation of building floor plans. 
 
The  ...
 

- asked by s.s.o (52 votes), answered by nikie (52 votes)