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| author | Tom Dyson <tom@torchbox.com> | 2014-07-25 01:24:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2014-07-25 06:22:02 -0400 |
| commit | aa8bc7fa7d9298aad1b3e65996ab34af63903369 (patch) | |
| tree | b95bfd4d4c97783a5335280a40d4f09384a1eca1 /docs | |
| parent | 6508db2ff9fc5be95fec903b3fa7ab8204fe316a (diff) | |
Improved docs for GEOSGeometry.simplify()
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt index 0e4834c407..db9d04099d 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt @@ -440,17 +440,16 @@ topological relationship between this geometry and the other. .. method:: GEOSGeometry.simplify(tolerance=0.0, preserve_topology=False) -Returns a new :class:`GEOSGeometry`, simplified using the Douglas-Peucker -algorithm to the specified tolerance. A higher tolerance value implies -less points in the output. If no tolerance is tolerance provided, -it defaults to 0. +Returns a new :class:`GEOSGeometry`, simplified to the specified tolerance +using the Douglas-Peucker algorithm. A higher tolerance value implies +fewer points in the output. If no tolerance is provided, it defaults to 0. -By default, this function does not preserve topology - e.g., -:class:`Polygon` objects can be split, collapsed into lines or disappear. -:class:`Polygon` holes can be created or disappear, and lines can cross. +By default, this function does not preserve topology. For example, +:class:`Polygon` objects can be split, be collapsed into lines, or disappear. +:class:`Polygon` holes can be created or disappear, and lines may cross. By specifying ``preserve_topology=True``, the result will have the same -dimension and number of components as the input, however, this is -significantly slower. +dimension and number of components as the input; this is significantly +slower, however. .. method:: GEOSGeometry.sym_difference(other) |