I have a large dataset of line segments, which are both curved and straight. The problem is, some of the lines have hundreds (possibly thousands) of vertices. I would like to remove enough vertices without affecting the shape of the line. What is the best way to do this?
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Remove excess vertices on line segments without changing the shape.
Best answer by ebygomm
The Generalizer will remove colinear points from lines - you'll probably want one of the generalizing algorithms if the aim is just to reduce the density of points
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The Generalizer will remove colinear points from lines - you'll probably want one of the generalizing algorithms if the aim is just to reduce the density of points
The Generalizer will remove colinear points from lines - you'll probably want one of the generalizing algorithms if the aim is just to reduce the density of points
Thanks, I tried this and it worked really well. The 'Thin No Point' algorithm did not change the shape of line with a low generalizing tolerance!