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== Application ==
The algorithm is used for the processing of [[vector graphics]] and [[cartographic generalization]]. It doesis notrecognized alwaysas preservethe one that delivers the propertybest perceptual representations of non-the original lines. But a self-intersection forcould curvesoccur whichif hasthe accepted approximation is not sufficiently fine which led to the development of variant algorithms.<ref>{{cite book |doi = 10.1109/SIBGRA.2003.1240992 |chapter = A non-self-intersection Douglas-Peucker algorithm |year = 2003 |last1 = Wu |first1 = Shin-Ting |title = 16th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing (SIBGRAPI 2003) |last2 = Marquez |first2 = Mercedes |pages = 60–66 |place = Sao Carlos, Brazil |publisher= IEEE|isbn = 978-0-7695-2032-2 |citeseerx = 10.1.1.73.5773 |s2cid = 10163908 }}</ref>
 
The algorithm is widely used in robotics<ref>{{cite journal |doi = 10.1007/s10514-007-9034-y |title = A comparison of line extraction algorithms using 2D range data for indoor mobile robotics |year = 2007 |last1 = Nguyen |first1 = Viet |last2 = Gächter |first2 = Stefan |last3 = Martinelli |first3 = Agostino |last4 = Tomatis |first4 = Nicola |last5 = Siegwart |first5 = Roland |journal = Autonomous Robots |volume = 23 |issue = 2 |pages = 97–111 | url = http://doc.rero.ch/record/320492/files/10514_2007_Article_9034.pdf |hdl = 20.500.11850/9089 |s2cid = 35663952 |hdl-access = free }}</ref> to perform simplification and denoising of range data acquired by a rotating [[laser rangefinder|range scanner]]; in this field it is known as the split-and-merge algorithm and is attributed to [[Richard O. Duda|Duda]] and [[Peter E. Hart|Hart]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Richard O. |last1=Duda |authorlink1=Richard O. Duda |first2=Peter E. |last2=Hart |authorlink2=Peter E. Hart |title=Pattern classification and scene analysis |url=https://archive.org/details/patternclassific0000duda |url-access=registration |publisher=Wiley |___location=New York |year=1973 |isbn=0-471-22361-1}}</ref>