simplify#

GeosDataFrameAccessor.simplify(*args, inplace=False, **kwargs)#

Returns a simplified version of an input geometry using the Douglas-Peucker algorithm.

Applies pgpd.GeosSeriesAccessor.simplify() to each column of “geos” dtype and aggregates the results in a DataFrame.

Parameters:
  • args – Arguments passed to simplify() after the first argument.

  • inplace (bool, optional) – Whether to perform the modifications inplace; Default False.

  • kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to simplify().

Returns:

DataFrame where each “geos” column from the original is transformed or None if inplace=True.

Return type:

pandas.DataFrame or None