Name

CG_Simplify — Reduces the complexity of a geometry while preserving essential features and Z/M values.

Übersicht

geometry CG_Simplify(geometry geom, double precision threshold, boolean preserveTopology = false);

Beschreibung

Simplifies a geometry using SFCGAL's simplification algorithm, which reduces the number of points or vertices while preserving the essential features of the geometry. This function preserves Z and M values during simplification.

The algorithm is based on constrained triangulation and uses the CGAL Polyline Simplification 2 library with additional handling to preserve Z and M coordinates. When topology is preserved and geometries intersect, Z and M values are interpolated at intersection points.

This function works well with 3D terrain-like geometries (2.5D) but is not designed for vertical surfaces like walls.

Availability: 3.6.0 - requires SFCGAL >= 2.1.0

Diese Methode benötigt ein SFCGAL-Backend.

Diese Funktion unterstützt 3d und lässt den Z-Index nicht fallen.

Diese Funktion unterstützt M-Koordinaten.

Parameters

geom

Input geometry

threshold

Maximum distance threshold (in geometry unit) for simplification. The higher this value, the more simplified the resulting geometry will be.

preserveTopology

If set to true, the function ensures that the topology of the geometry is preserved. When geometries intersect in this mode, Z and M values at intersection points are interpolated. The default value is false.

Return Value

Returns a simplified geometry with preserved Z and M values.

Beispiele

This example simplifies a polygon with a threshold of 0.5.

Code
SELECT CG_Simplify(
    'POLYGON((0 0,0 1,0.1 1,0.2 1,0.3 1,0.4 1,0.5 1,1 1,1 0,0 0))',
    0.5
  );
Ausgabe von Rastern
POLYGON((0 0,0 1,1 1,1 0,0 0))
Figure
Geometry figure for visual-cg-simplify-01

Preserving topology can keep additional support points in a mixed ZM collection.

Code
SELECT CG_Simplify(
    'GEOMETRYCOLLECTION ZM(
      LINESTRING ZM(-1 -1 3 4,0 0 10 100,1 1 20 200,0 2 15 150,0 5 30 300,2 19 25 250,-4 20 15 150),
      POLYGON ZM((0 0 10 100,1 1 20 200,0 2 15 150,0 5 30 300,2 19 25 250,-4 20 15 150,0 0 10 100))
    )',
    2,
    false
  );
Ausgabe von Rastern
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION ZM (LINESTRING ZM (-1 -1 3 4,2 19 25 250,-4 20 15 150),POLYGON ZM ((0 0 10 100,2 19 25 250,-4 20 15 150,0 0 10 100)))
Figure
Geometry figure for visual-cg-simplify-02

The topology-preserving variant keeps the shared anchor point at the collection intersection.

Code
SELECT CG_Simplify(
    'GEOMETRYCOLLECTION ZM(
      LINESTRING ZM(-1 -1 3 4,0 0 10 100,1 1 20 200,0 2 15 150,0 5 30 300,2 19 25 250,-4 20 15 150),
      POLYGON ZM((0 0 10 100,1 1 20 200,0 2 15 150,0 5 30 300,2 19 25 250,-4 20 15 150,0 0 10 100))
    )',
    2,
    true
  );
Ausgabe von Rastern
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION ZM (LINESTRING ZM (-1 -1 3 4,0 0 10 100,2 19 25 250,-4 20 15 150),POLYGON ZM ((0 0 10 100,2 19 25 250,-4 20 15 150,0 0 10 100)))
Figure
Geometry figure for visual-cg-simplify-03

Compare simplification with and without topology preservation, using a threshold of 50.

Code
WITH data AS (
  SELECT ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(
    POLYGON((88.46 158.85,90.77 171.54,147.31 173.85,146.15 145,173.85 119.62,146.15 103.46,112.69 118.46,91.92 93.08,65.38 101.15,34.23 121.92,41.15 142.69,49.23 143.85,88.46 158.85)),
    POLYGON((112.69 118.46,146.15 103.46,190 60.77,185.38 43.46,126.54 26.15,83.85 28.46,67.69 64.23,43.46 58.46,10 83.85,34.23 121.92,65.38 101.15,91.92 93.08,112.69 118.46)))
  ') AS geom
)
SELECT geom AS input_geometry,
       CG_Simplify(geom, 50, true) AS topology_preserved,
       CG_Simplify(geom, 50, false) AS topology_not_preserved
FROM data;
Ausgabe von Rastern
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POLYGON((88.46 158.85,90.77 171.54,147.31 173.85,146.15 145,173.85 119.62,146.15 103.46,112.69 118.46,91.92 93.08,65.38 101.15,34.23 121.92,41.15 142.69,49.23 143.85,88.46 158.85)), POLYGON((112.69 118.46,146.15 103.46,190 60.77,185.38 43.46,126.54 26.15,83.85 28.46,67.69 64.23,43.46 58.46,10 83.85,34.23 121.92,65.38 101.15,91.92 93.08,112.69 118.46))) | GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POLYGON((88.46 158.85,147.31 173.85,146.15 103.46,112.69 118.46,34.23 121.92,88.46 158.85)), POLYGON((112.69 118.46,146.15 103.46,185.38 43.46,10 83.85,34.23 121.92,112.69 118.46))) | GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POLYGON((88.46 158.85,173.85 119.62,34.23 121.92,88.46 158.85)), POLYGON((112.69 118.46,190 60.77,10 83.85,112.69 118.46)))
Figure
Geometry figure for visual-cg-simplify-04