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Weibel, R. (1997). Generalization of spatial data: Principles and selected algorithms. In: van Kreveld, M., Nievergelt, J., Roos, T., Widmayer, P. (eds) Algorithmic Foundations of Geographic Information Systems. CISM School 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1340. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63818-0_5

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