"We developed a variation on the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker (RDP) algorithm, which is a curve simplification algorithm that reduces the number of points in a curve w

"We developed a variation on the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker (RDP) algorithm, which is a curve simplification algorithm that reduces the number of points in a curve while preserving its important details. It achieves this by recursively removing points that deviate insignificantly from the simplified version of the curve." This reminded me of an old side project, which others may be interested in. I applied Douglas-Peucker to Picasso for a talk at Strange Loop 2018: Picasso's Bulls: Deconstructing his design process with Python https://rrherr.github.io/picasso/ https://rrherr.github.io/picasso/