simplification 0.3.2

Fast linestring simplification using RDP or Visvalingam-Whyatt and a Rust binary

Simplify a LineString using the Ramer–Douglas–Peucker or Visvalingam–Whyatt algorithms

Installation

pip install simplification

Please use a recent (>= 8.1.2) version of pip

Supported Python Versions

• Python 2.7
• Python 3.4
• Python 3.5
• Python 3.6

Supported Platforms

• Linux (manylinux1-compatible)
• OS X
• Windows 32-bit / 64-bit

Usage

import numpy as np
from simplification.cutil import simplify_coords, simplify_coordsvw

coords = [
    [0.0, 0.0],
    [5.0, 4.0],
    [11.0, 5.5],
    [17.3, 3.2],
    [27.8, 0.1]
]

# For RDP, Try an epsilon of 1.0 to start with. Other sensible values include 0.01, 0.001
simplified = simplify_coords(coords, 1.0)

# simplified is [[0.0, 0.0], [5.0, 4.0], [11.0, 5.5], [27.8, 0.1]]

# Using Visvalingam-Whyatt
# we can also pass numpy arrays, in which case numpy arrays are returned
coords_vw = np.array([
    [5.0, 2.0],
    [3.0, 8.0],
    [6.0, 20.0],
    [7.0, 25.0],
    [10.0, 10.0]
])
simplified_vw = simplify_coords_vw(coords, 30.0)

# simplified_vw is [[5.0, 2.0], [7.0, 25.0], [10.0, 10.0]]

How it Works

FFI and a Rust binary

Is It Fast

I should think so.

License

MIT