<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">Dear Python community friends,</font></font></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">I wonder whether there is such a Python implementation available.<br></font></font></font></div><div><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">Alan Saalfeld et al's algorithm and source
codes.<br><br><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">http://books.google.ie/books/about/A_Modified_Douglas_Peucker_Simplificatio.html?id=gbQjywAACAAJ&redir_esc=y<br><br>In Zhiyuan Zhao and Alan Saafeld's paper, LINEAR-TIME SLEEVE-FITTING POLYLINE<br>SIMPLIFICATION ALGORITHMS<br>Zhiyuan Zhao, Alan Saalfeld<br><br>They mentioned "<br>The results of those<br>experiments and more information on the algorithms themselves, including<br>complete working code, are available to the interested reader at the World Wide<br>Web site http://ra.cfm.ohio-state.edu/grad/zhao/algorithms/linesimp.html."</font></font></font></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">However, this site is no longer alive.</font></font></font></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="'PrimaSans
BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">If anyone knows, please let me know. davidgshi@yahoo.co.uk</font></font></font></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">Regards.</font></font></font></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'">David</font></font></font></font></div><div><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><font face="'PrimaSans
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