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Line Simplification

Line Simplification is a vector data processing method that reduces the complexity of a polyline by decreasing the number of vertices while preserving its essential spatial structure and shape characteristics.

85

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4K

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167

Authors

78

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2017–2026

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Variants

Polyline Simplification

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Publications

85

Discovery of convoys in trajectory databases

Hoyoung Jeung, Man Lung Yiu, Xiaofang Zhou et al. · Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment · 2008 · 434 citations

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Speeding Up the Douglas-Peucker Line-Simplification Algorithm

John Hershberger, Jack Snoeyink · 1992 · 307 citations

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Topologically Consistent Line Simplification with the Douglas-Peucker Algorithm

Alan Saalfeld · Cartography and Geographic Information Science · 1999 · 252 citations

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Line generalisation by repeated elimination of points

M. Visvalingam, Duncan Whyatt · The Cartographic Journal · 1993 · 231 citations · Full text

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Line generalisation by repeated elimination of points

M. Visvalingam, J. D. Whyatt · The Cartographic Journal · 1993 · 187 citations

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Authors

167

  1. RG
    Robert G. Cromley

    University of Connecticut, United States

    5 publications · 118 citations

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  2. MV
    M. Visvalingam

    University of Hull, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 596 citations

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  3. DW
    Duncan Whyatt

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 377 citations

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  4. JS
    Jack Snoeyink

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    4 publications · 420 citations

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  5. JH
    John Hershberger

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 420 citations

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Institutions

78

  1. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    373 citations

  2. University of Hull

    Hull, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    382 citations

  4. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    135 citations

  5. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Sharif University of Technology

    Tehran, Iran

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

  8. AGH University of Krakow

    Krakow, Poland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    61 citations

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Venues

  1. Cartography and Geographic Information Science

    7 publications · 501 citations

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  3. The Cartographic Journal

    6 publications · 612 citations

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  4. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

    IJGI · 4 publications · 85 citations

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  5. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems

    3 publications · 131 citations

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