We're not running PostGIS, we're not running PostgresSQL. Though we may start, if this turns out to be the easiest way to handle these problems.
> -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Racicot > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 7:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Simplified state outline data? > > You can load [1] the data into PostGIS and use the simplify > function [2] to > create a simplified geometry, and even dump back to shapefile > [3] if you > wish. > > [1] - http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch04.html#id2707142 > [2] - http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch06.html#id2712912 > [3] - http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch04.html#id2707567 > > A > > > +----------------------------------------+ > Aaron Racicot - GIS Programmer > 360.221.2441 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +----------------------------------------+ > e c o t r u s t > pobox 1614 > langley wa 98260 > www.ecotrust.org > +----------------------------------------+ > > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jeff Dege > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Simplified state outline data? > > We have an app that needs to generate a map with state outlines, but > needs to keep the total amount of data as small as possible. > > Fortunately, we don't need precision, a rough approximation of the > outlines is fine. > > Does anyone know of a source of approximate state outline data? > > Alternatively, does anyone know of a tool I can use to reduce > the number > of points in a geometric feature, while retaining the general outline? > Something that would take a complicated boundary drawn with > points every > 100 meters and return a simplified boundary drawn with points every 10 > kilometers? >
