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{{Short description|Curve simplification algorithm}}
 
The '''Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm''', also known as the '''Douglas–Peucker algorithm''' and '''iterative end-point fit algorithm''', is an algorithm that [[Decimation (signal processing)|decimates]] a curve composed of line segments to a similar curve with fewer points. It was one of the earliest successful algorithms developed for [[cartographic generalization]], asand it delivers the best perceptual representations of the original lines.
 
== Idea ==