def join(self, t2, unique=False):
        """
        Join this triangulation with another. If the points are known to have no duplicates, then
        set unique=False to skip the testing and duplicate removal
        """

        x_v1 = np.concatenate((self.x, t2.x), axis=0)
        y_v1 = np.concatenate((self.y, t2.y), axis=0)

        ## remove any duplicates

        if not unique:
            a = np.ascontiguousarray(np.vstack((x_v1, y_v1)).T)
            unique_a = np.unique(a.view([('', a.dtype)]*a.shape[1]))
            unique_coords = unique_a.view(a.dtype).reshape((unique_a.shape[0], a.shape[1]))

            x_v1 = unique_coords[:,0]
            y_v1 = unique_coords[:,1]

        return x_v1, y_v1
Join this triangulation with another. If the points are known to have no duplicates, then
        set unique=False to skip the testing and duplicate removal