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1 | [/============================================================================ |
2 | Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library) | |
3 | ||
4 | Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. | |
5 | Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK. | |
6 | Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France. | |
7 | ||
8 | Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License, | |
9 | Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at | |
10 | http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) | |
11 | =============================================================================/] | |
12 | ||
13 | [def __this_function__ simplify] | |
14 | ||
15 | [heading_conformance_no_ogc __this_function__] | |
16 | [note PostGIS contains an algorithm with the same name and the | |
17 | same functionality. | |
18 | See the [@http://www.postgis.org/docs/ST_Simplify.html PostGIS documentation]. | |
19 | ] | |
20 | [note SQL Server contains an algorithm Reduce() with the same functionality. | |
21 | See the [@http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933814.aspx MSDN documentation]. | |
22 | ] | |
23 | ||
24 | [heading Behavior] | |
25 | Simplification is done using [@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm Douglas-Peucker] (if the default strategy is used). | |
26 | [note Geometries might become invalid by using simplify. The simplification | |
27 | process might create self-intersections. | |
28 | ] | |
29 | ||
30 | [heading Examples] | |
31 | [simplify] | |
32 | [simplify_output] | |
33 | ||
34 | [heading Image(s)] | |
35 | [$svg_simplify_country.png] |