Add shapeObj.DouglasPeuckerSimplifier() in MapScript?

[Daniel Morissette]

We have a need to simplify (generalize) some shapefiles and we'll 
probably do that by hacking a local copy of MapScript to add a 
shapeObj.DouglasPeuckerSimplifier() that calls GEOS' 
DouglasPeuckerSimplifier() function.

Should we consider integrating this new method in MapServer for 5.0? I 
realize that generalizing data is a bit off-topic for MapServer, I'm 
sending this to find out whether others think this belongs in MapServer 
or not.

Daniel
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