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A parallel implementation of the douglas‐peucker line simplification algorithm

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A parallel implementation of the douglas‐peucker line simplification algorithm. / Vaughan, Jon; Whyatt, Duncan; Brookes, Graham.
In: Software: Practice and Experience, Vol. 21, No. 3, 01.03.1991, p. 331-336.

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Vaughan, J, Whyatt, D & Brookes, G 1991, 'A parallel implementation of the douglas‐peucker line simplification algorithm', Software: Practice and Experience, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 331-336. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380210307

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Vaughan, J., Whyatt, D., & Brookes, G. (1991). A parallel implementation of the douglas‐peucker line simplification algorithm. Software: Practice and Experience, 21(3), 331-336. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380210307

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Vaughan J, Whyatt D, Brookes G. A parallel implementation of the douglas‐peucker line simplification algorithm. Software: Practice and Experience. 1991 Mar 1;21(3):331-336. doi: 10.1002/spe.4380210307

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Vaughan, Jon ; Whyatt, Duncan ; Brookes, Graham. / A parallel implementation of the douglas‐peucker line simplification algorithm. In: Software: Practice and Experience. 1991 ; Vol. 21, No. 3. pp. 331-336.

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