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39 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Geometry</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Distance</span><span class="special">></span>
40 <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">simplify</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Geometry</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Geometry</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">out</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Distance</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">max_distance</span><span class="special">)</span></pre>
44 <a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.h1"></a>
45 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="simplify_3.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.parameters">Parameters</a>
47 <div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
85 Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept
95 input geometry, to be simplified
107 Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept
117 output geometry, simplified version of the input geometry
129 numerical type (int, double, ttmath, ...)
139 distance (in units of input coordinates) of a vertex to other
140 segments to be removed
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148 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.header"></a></span><a class="link" href="simplify_3.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.header">Header</a>
154 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></code>
160 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">algorithms</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">simplify</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></code>
163 <a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.h3"></a>
164 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.conformance"></a></span><a class="link" href="simplify_3.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.conformance">Conformance</a>
167 The function simplify is not defined by OGC.
169 <div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
171 <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../../../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td>
172 <th align="left">Note</th>
174 <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
175 PostGIS contains an algorithm with the same name and the same functionality.
176 See the <a href="http://www.postgis.org/docs/ST_Simplify.html" target="_top">PostGIS
180 <div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
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183 <th align="left">Note</th>
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186 SQL Server contains an algorithm Reduce() with the same functionality.
187 See the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933814.aspx" target="_top">MSDN
192 <a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.h4"></a>
193 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.behavior"></a></span><a class="link" href="simplify_3.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.behavior">Behavior</a>
196 Simplification is done using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm" target="_top">Douglas-Peucker</a>
197 (if the default strategy is used).
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205 Geometries might become invalid by using simplify. The simplification
206 process might create self-intersections.
210 <a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.h5"></a>
211 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.examples"></a></span><a class="link" href="simplify_3.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.examples">Examples</a>
214 Example showing how to simplify a linestring
218 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span>
220 <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
221 <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometries</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">linestring</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
222 <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometries</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">point_xy</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
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225 <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
227 <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">;</span>
230 <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
231 <span class="special">{</span>
232 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">model</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">d2</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">point_xy</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">xy</span><span class="special">;</span>
234 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">model</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">linestring</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">xy</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">;</span>
235 <span class="identifier">line</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">xy</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1.1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">1.1</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">xy</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">2.5</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">2.1</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">xy</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3.1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3.1</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">xy</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">4.9</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">1.1</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">xy</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3.1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">1.9</span><span class="special">);</span> <a class="co" name="geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.c2" href="simplify_3.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.simplify.simplify_3.c3"><img src="../../../../../../../../doc/src/images/callouts/2.png" alt="2" border="0"></a>
237 <span class="comment">// Simplify it, using distance of 0.5 units</span>
238 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">model</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">linestring</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">xy</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">simplified</span><span class="special">;</span>
239 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">simplify</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">simplified</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">0.5</span><span class="special">);</span>
240 <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span>
241 <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">" original: "</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">dsv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span>
242 <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"simplified: "</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">dsv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">simplified</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
245 <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
246 <span class="special">}</span>
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254 For this example we use Boost.Assign to add points
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267 <pre class="programlisting">original: ((1.1, 1.1), (2.5, 2.1), (3.1, 3.1), (4.9, 1.1), (3.1, 1.9))
268 simplified: ((1.1, 1.1), (3.1, 3.1), (4.9, 1.1), (3.1, 1.9))
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