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{{Short description|Curve simplification algorithm}}
[[File:Douglas–Peucker and Visvalingam–Whyatt simplification algorithms.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|Comparison with [[Douglas–Peucker algorithm]]]]
The '''Visvalingam–Whyatt algorithm''', or simply the '''Visvalingam algorithm''', is an algorithm that [[Decimation (signal processing)|decimates]] a curve composed of line segments to a similar curve with fewer points, primarily for usage in [[cartographic generalisation]].