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{
"name": "simplify",
"type": "function",
"groups": ["GeometryGroup"],
"description": "Simplifies a geometry by removing nodes using a distance based threshold (ie, the Douglas Peucker algorithm). The algorithm preserves large deviations in geometries and reduces the number of vertices in nearly straight segments.",
"arguments": [{
"arg": "geometry",
"description": "a geometry"
}, {
"arg": "tolerance",
"description": "maximum deviation from straight segments for points to be removed"
}],
"examples": [{
"expression": "geom_to_wkt(simplify(geometry:=geom_from_wkt('LineString(0 0, 5 0.1, 10 0)'),tolerance:=5))",
"returns": "'LineString(0 0, 10 0)'"
}],
"tags": ["straight", "large", "deviations", "nodes", "algorithm", "reduces", "simplifies", "segments", "number", "threshold", "distance", "removing", "vertices", "based", "preserves"]
}