[GRASS-user] Removing detail from polygons

[Jachym Cepicky]

v.clean

jachym
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 09:46:07AM +0200, Jose Gomez-Dans wrote:
> Hi!
> I have a large shapefile with polygons. It takes a long time to load
> it into GRASS with ogr, but my question is other. I only need to use
> this polygon for drawing "informal" maps (i.e., they don't need to be
> accurate). The detail of these polygons is huge, so that if I use plot
> them with GMT or any other tool, I get massive EPS files. I don't need
> most of those vetices. Ideally, I'd like to specify some distance so
> that I get a single line, rather than a myriad lines. I thought
> v.clean could do this, but I am unsure whether it is the right tool or
> not.
> 
> Any information?
> Cheers,
> Jose
> 
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