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+/*
+ * This file is part of Hootenanny.
+ *
+ * Hootenanny is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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+#ifndef RANDOM_WAY_GENERALIZER_H
+#define RANDOM_WAY_GENERALIZER_H
+
+// hoot
+#include <hoot/core/elements/OsmMap.h>
+#include <hoot/core/visitors/ElementOsmMapVisitor.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/Configurable.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/RngConsumer.h>
+
+namespace hoot
+{
+ class Way;
+ class RdpWayGeneralizer;
+
+/**
+ * Performs random generalization of a map's ways in accordance with [1]. Uses the
+ * Ramer-Douglas Peucker algorithm [2].
+ *
+ * 1. Evaluating conflation methods using uncertainty modeling - Peter Doucette, et al. 2013
+ * https://insightcloud.digitalglobe.com/redmine/attachments/download/1667/2013%20Evaluating%20conflation%20methods%20using%20uncertainty%20modeling.pdf
+ * http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1691369
+ * 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm
+ *
+ * The input map data will be projected to an orthographic coordinate system.
+ */
+class RandomWayGeneralizer : public ElementOsmMapVisitor, public RngConsumer,
+ public Configurable
+{
+
+public:
+
+ static std::string className() { return "hoot::RandomWayGeneralizer"; }
+
+ RandomWayGeneralizer();
+
+ virtual void setConfiguration(const Settings& conf);
+
+ /**
+ Randomly and recursively applies a way generalize operation to each visited way
+
+ @see ConstElementVisitor
+ */
+ virtual void visit(const std::shared_ptr<Element>& element);
+
+ /**
+ @see RngConsumer
+ */
+ virtual void setRng(boost::minstd_rand& rng) { _rng = &rng; }
+
+ virtual void setOsmMap(OsmMap* map);
+
+ /**
+ the probability that any way will be generalized
+ */
+ void setWayGeneralizeProbability(double probability)
+ {
+ if (probability < 0.0 || probability > 1.0)
+ {
+ throw HootException("Invalid generalize probability: " + QString::number(probability));
+ }
+ _wayGeneralizeProbability = probability;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ @see RdpWayGeneralizer::setEpsilon
+ */
+ void setEpsilon(double epsilon) { _epsilon = epsilon; }
+
+ virtual QString getDescription() const { return "Randomly simplifies ways by removing nodes"; }
+
+private:
+
+ boost::minstd_rand* _rng;
+ std::shared_ptr<boost::minstd_rand> _localRng;
+
+ double _wayGeneralizeProbability;
+ double _epsilon;
+
+ std::shared_ptr<RdpWayGeneralizer> _generalizer;
+
+ void _generalize(const WayPtr& way);
+
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // RANDOM_WAY_GENERALIZER_H