[postgis-users] simplify a linestring to n points

[Martin Davis]

Nope.  You might be able to repeatedly simplify and check for when you 
pass your point limit.

Interesting question though... it should be straightforward to adapt the 
DP algorithm to incorporate # points as an exit criteria.

richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> hi list!
>
> does postgis provide a method to reduce/simplify a linestring to a
> specific number of points?
> i'm aware of st_simplify() but i have to set an lower limit.
>
> thanks,
> //richard
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