[postgis-users] What is the tolerance parameter for simplify?

strk at refractions.net strk at refractions.net
Tue Jan 4 00:23:46 PST 2005


On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 05:41:02PM -0700, Ethan Alpert wrote:
> Just curious what the units are. I have geometries in SRID 4326 (lat/lon
> wgs84) so what units would the tolerance parameter be in when calling
> simplify?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> -e

It would be the units of the projection.
Decimal degrees in your case. 

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