On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Pinaud David wrote:
Hi Michael,
maybe you should try the function dp() in the package shapefiles that is an
implementation of the Douglas-Peucker polyLine simplification algorithm.
Note that its help page does warn that it is not topology-preserving, that
is that lines are generalised, but that coincident lines (boundaries of
neighbouring polygons) may be generalised differently. GEOS offers a
topology-preserving line generalisation facility, which ought to take
longer but do better than dp(), because it will not lead to visual
artefacts (overlapping polygons, interpolygon slivers, etc.).
Roger
HTH
David
Michael Friendly a écrit :
The Guerry package contains two maps of france (gfrance, gfrance85) which
are quite detailed and large in size (~900K).
In writing a vignette for the package, there are quite a few figures that
use the map multiple times in a layout, and
consequently result in huge file sizes for the .PDF files created. For
these purposes, the map need not be nearly
so detailed.
I'm wondering if there is a facility to "thin" the map by drawing it at a
lower density of lines in the polygon regions.
When I was working with SAS, there was a GREDUCE procedure that did this
nicely.
thanks,
-Michael
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