[R-sig-Geo] downsampling a lines shapefile?

[Roger Bivand]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011, Nick Matzke wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a shapefile with a number of line features.  I can load it and plot 
> it.  Is there an easy way to downsample or smooth the shapefile to a coarser 
> resolution?

?gSimplify in rgeos?

Roger

>
> Thanks so much for your help,
> Nick
>
>
>

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