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+/*
+ * This file is part of Hootenanny.
+ *
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+
+#ifndef RDP_WAY_GENERALIZER_H
+#define RDP_WAY_GENERALIZER_H
+
+// Hoot
+#include <hoot/core/elements/ConstOsmMapConsumer.h>
+#include <hoot/core/elements/OsmMap.h>
+
+// Qt
+#include <QString>
+
+namespace hoot
+{
+
+class Node;
+class Way;
+
+/**
+ * Uses the Ramer-Douglas Peucker algorithm [1] to generalize a set of point. This
+ * implementation modeled after [2]. A description of the algorithm from [2]:
+ *
+ * "The Ramer-Douglas Peucker algorithm is an algorithm for reducing the number of points in a curve
+ * that is approximated by a series of points. It does so by "thinking" of a line between the first
+ * and last point in a set of points that form the curve. It checks which point in between is
+ * farthest away from this line. If the point (and as follows, all other in-between points) is
+ * closer than a given distance 'epsilon', it removes all these in-between points. If on the other
+ * hand this 'outlier point' is farther away from our imaginary line than epsilon, the curve is
+ * split in two parts:
+ *
+ * 1) From the first point up to and including the outlier
+ * 2) The outlier and the remaining points
+ *
+ * The function is recursively called on both resulting curves, and the two reduced forms of
+ * the curve are put back together."
+ *
+ * 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm
+ * 2. http://karthaus.nl/rdp/js/rdp.js
+ *
+ * The input map data should be projected to an orthographic coordinate system.
+ *
+ * NOTE: There is a GEOS implementation of this algorithm (DouglasPeuckerLineSimplifier). Using it
+ * proved not feasible, since it takes in a collection of Coordinate objects. To use it, new nodes
+ * would have to have been generated for the points kept in the reduction, while deleting the old
+ * ones. That isn't desirable from a runtime performance standpoint.
+ */
+class RdpWayGeneralizer : public ConstOsmMapConsumer
+{
+
+public:
+
+ RdpWayGeneralizer(double epsilon);
+
+ /**
+ Generalizes a way to a set of reduced points. The map the way belongs to is modified.
+
+ @param way the way whose points are to be reduced
+ */
+ void generalize(const std::shared_ptr<Way>& way);
+
+ /**
+ Sets the distance parameter that determines to what degree the way is generalized; higher
+ values result in more generalization (more nodes are removed)
+ */
+ void setEpsilon(double epsilon);
+
+ virtual void setOsmMap(const OsmMap* map) { _map = map->shared_from_this(); }
+
+private:
+
+ friend class RdpWayGeneralizerTest;
+
+ double _epsilon;
+
+ ConstOsmMapPtr _map;
+
+ /*
+ Generates a set of points that make up a generalized set of the input points
+
+ @param wayPoints the collection of points to be reduced
+ @returns a reduced set of line points
+ */
+ virtual QList<std::shared_ptr<const Node>> _getGeneralizedPoints(
+ const QList<std::shared_ptr<const Node>>& wayPoints);
+
+ /*
+ Finds the perpendicular distance between an imaginary line drawn from the first point on a line
+ to the last point on a line and a split point
+
+ @param splitPoint a location on the line to be reduced splitting it into two parts
+ @param lineToBeReducedStartPoint beginning point on the line to be reduced; also the starting
+ point for the imaginary line drawn directly from start to end point on the line to be reduced
+ @param lineToBeReducedEndPoint end point on the line to be reduced; also the ending
+ point for the imaginary line drawn directly from start to end point on the line to be reduced
+ */
+ double _getPerpendicularDistanceBetweenSplitNodeAndImaginaryLine(
+ const std::shared_ptr<const Node> splitPoint,
+ const std::shared_ptr<const Node> lineToBeReducedStartPoint,
+ const std::shared_ptr<const Node> lineToBeReducedEndPoint) const;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // RDP_WAY_GENERALIZER_H