On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 09:31:42AM -0500, Obe, Regina wrote:
> the tolerance argument of ST_Simplify is the max distance allowed
> between any 2 closest points of the original and simplified. Though
> that's a bit vague to me.
It's the max distance allowed between a point in the original line
and a point in the simplified line.
Example:
\---+ The straight segment is the simplified version
\ | The 3-segments is the original version
\ | Mad distance is dotted.
\|
\ Consider buying a T-shirt with the drawing :)
|\
| \
| \
| \
| .\
| .` \
+------\
--strk;
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