GeoSeries containing a simplified representation of
each geometry.
The algorithm (Douglas-Peucker) recursively splits the original line
into smaller parts and connects these parts’ endpoints
by a straight line. Then, it removes all points whose distance
to the straight line is smaller than tolerance. It does not
move any points and it always preserves endpoints of
the original line or polygon.
See https://shapely.readthedocs.io/en/latest/manual.html#object.simplify
for details
Simplifies individual geometries independently, without considering
the topology of a potential polygonal coverage. If you would like to treat
the GeoSeries as a coverage and simplify its edges, while preserving the
coverage topology, see simplify_coverage.
Signature
Parameters
float
default:"None"
All parts of a simplified geometry will be no more than
tolerance distance from the original. It has the same units
as the coordinate reference system of the GeoSeries.
For example, using tolerance=100 in a projected CRS with meters
as units means a distance of 100 meters in reality.default:"True"
False uses a quicker algorithm, but may produce self-intersecting
or otherwise invalid geometries.
Invalid geometric objects may result from simplification that does not
preserve topology and simplification may be sensitive to the order of
coordinates: two geometries differing only in order of coordinates may be
simplified differently.
simplify_coverage: simplify geometries using coverage simplification