Wang–Müller algorithm in PostGIS -------------------------------- This is a work-in-progress implementation following "Line generalization based on analysis of shape characteristics" by Wang and Müller, 1998. Structure --------- There will be 2 deliverables from this folder: - `wm.sql`, the implementation. - paper `mj-msc-full.pdf`, a MSc thesis, explaining the whole thing. It contains a few supporting files, notably: - `tests.sql` synthetic unit tests. - `test-rivers.sql` tests with real rivers. - `Makefile` glues everything together. - `layer2img.py` converts a PostGIS layer to an embeddable image. - `aggregate-rivers.sql` combines multiple river objects (linestrings or multilinestrings) to a single one. - `init.sql` initializes PostGIS database for running the tests. - `rivers.sql` is an OpenStreetMap snapshot of select rivers (`Makefile` contains code to update them). - ... and a few more files necessary to build the paper. Running ------- `make help` lists the select commands for humans. As of writing: ``` # make help mj-msc-full.pdf Thesis for publishing test Unit tests (fast) test-rivers Rivers tests (slow) clean Clean the current working directory clean-tables Remove tables created during unit or rivers tests help Print this help message wc Character and page count refresh-rivers Refresh rivers.sql from Open Street Maps ``` To execute the algorithm, run: - `make test` for tests with synthetic data. - `make test-rivers` for tests with real rivers. You may adjust the rivers and data source (e.g. use a different country instead of Lithuania) by changing the `Makefile` and the test files. Left as an exercise for the reader. Building the paper (pdf) ------------------------ ``` $ make -j$(nproc) mj-msc-full.pdf ``` `mj-msc.tex` results in `mj-msc-full.pdf`, which will be at some point published. It needs quite a few dependencies, including a functioning Docker environment, postgresql client, geopandas, and a pretty complete LaTeX installation. Contributing ------------ Please reach out to me before contributing. As of writing, this is not ready to accept broader contributions, TODO: [] CI. [] It has a bug in `wm_self_crossing`: the program crashes with a river in Lithuania. [] Implementation is not yet complete (stay tuned). License ------- Same as QGIS and PostGIS: GPL 2.0 or later.