$dmax) { $index = $i; $dmax = $d; } } $resultList = array(); // If max distance is greater than epsilon, recursively simplify if ($dmax >= $epsilon) { // Recursive call $recResults1 = ramerDouglasPeucker(array_slice($pointList, 0, $index + 1), $epsilon); $recResults2 = ramerDouglasPeucker(array_slice($pointList, $index, $totalPoints - $index), $epsilon); // Build the result list $resultList = array_merge(array_slice($recResults1, 0, count($recResults1) - 1), array_slice($recResults2, 0, count($recResults2))); } else { $resultList = array($pointList[0], $pointList[$totalPoints-1]); } // Return the result return $resultList; } // http://www.loughrigg.org/rdp/ //The author has placed this work in the Public Domain, thereby relinquishing all copyrights. //You may use, modify, republish, sell or give away this work without prior consent. //This implementation comes with no warranty or guarantee of fitness for any purpose. //========================================================================= //An implementation of the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm for reducing //the number of points on a polyline //see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm //========================================================================= //Finds the perpendicular distance from a point to a straight line. //The coordinates of the point are specified as $ptX and $ptY. //The line passes through points l1 and l2, specified respectively with their //coordinates $l1x and $l1y, and $l2x and $l2y function perpendicularDistance($ptX, $ptY, $l1x, $l1y, $l2x, $l2y) { $result = 0; if ($l2x == $l1x) { //vertical lines - treat this case specially to avoid divide by zero $result = abs($ptX - $l2x); } else { $slope = (($l2y-$l1y) / ($l2x-$l1x)); $passThroughY = (0-$l1x)*$slope + $l1y; $result = (abs(($slope * $ptX) - $ptY + $passThroughY)) / (sqrt($slope*$slope + 1)); } return $result; } // Calculate the Great Circle distance between two points, in meters function gc_distance($lat1, $lng1, $lat2, $lng2) { return ( 6378100 * acos( cos( deg2rad($lat1) ) * cos( deg2rad($lat2) ) * cos( deg2rad($lng2) - deg2rad($lng1) ) + sin( deg2rad($lat1) ) * sin( deg2rad($lat2) ) ) ); }