Visvalingam-Whyatt polyline simplification algorithm clarification

Question

I\'m trying to implement a polyline simplification algorithm. The original article can be found here: http://archive.is/Tzq2. It seems straightforward in concept but I don\'t un

Answer 1

FWIW Mike Bostock, the creator of d3.js, wrote a tight javascript implementation of this algorithm (Visvalingam's Algorithm).

• Source code
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