[Geowanking] GPS Track Software

[SteveC]

* @ 15/08/05 07:25:29 PM kmulka at glc.org wrote:
> Why not use an algorithm that already is written? 

Because I enjoy thinking up my own solutions, and what I wrote is
essentially an adaptive Douglas-Peucker Algorithm where eta is reduced
in rounds.

> I guess I can understand the need to specify a number of points to leave
> instead of a distance tolerance. But, other than that, it looks like
> Douglas-Peucker will work well.
> 
> Here's the link:
> http://www.softsurfer.com/Archive/algorithm_0205/algorithm_0205.htm
> 
> -Kyle Mulka
> http://maps.kylemulka.com
>  
> 
> Tom wrote:
> That's cool...  The Ruby is GPL'd but I really should explicitly GPL the
> Javascript too. We'd definitely welcome further input on implementing the
> improvements you mentioned.
> 
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have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/