Generalizes this polycurve using the Douglas-Poiker algorithm.
[Visual Basic .NET] Public Sub Generalize ( _ ByVal maxAllowableOffset As Double _ )
[C#] public void Generalize ( double maxAllowableOffset );
[C++]
HRESULT Generalize(
double maxAllowableOffset
);
[C++]Parameters
maxAllowableOffset maxAllowableOffset is a parameter of type double
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
Generalizes each part of a Polycurve into a generalized collection of Line segments. Generalize performs a Douglas-Poiker Generalization algorithm with a specified maximum offset tolerance given as input. For Line segments, the Generalized output is a subset of the original input vertices. For non-Linear segments, the Generalized output contains points along all parts of the curve, not necessarily only the vertices.
Remarks
For polycurve with non-linear segments, the output curve may contain more vertices than the input curve, but all output segments will be linear.
