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# coding=utf-8
# https://github.com/Permafacture/Py-Visvalingam-Whyatt
"""
Visvalingam-Whyatt method of poly-line vertex reduction

Visvalingam, M and Whyatt J D (1993)
"Line Generalisation by Repeated Elimination of Points", Cartographic J., 30 (1), 46 - 51

Described here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100428020453/http://www2.dcs.hull.ac.uk/CISRG/publications/DPs/DP10/DP10.html

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"""

from typing import Iterable, List

import numpy as np

def triangle_area(p1, p2, p3):
    """
    calculates the area of a triangle given its vertices
    """
    return abs(p1[0] * (p2[1] - p3[1]) + p2[0] * (p3[1] - p1[1]) + p3[0] * (p1[1] - p2[1])) / 2.

def triangle_areas_from_array(arr):
    """
    take an (N,2) array of points and return an (N,1)
    array of the areas of those triangles, where the first
    and last areas are np.inf

see triangle_area for algorithm
    """

result = np.empty((len(arr),), arr.dtype)
    result[0] = np.inf
    result[-1] = np.inf

p1 = arr[:-2]
    p2 = arr[1:-1]
    p3 = arr[2:]

# an accumulators to avoid unnecessary intermediate arrays
    accr = result[1:-1]  # Accumulate directly into result
    acc1 = np.empty_like(accr)

np.subtract(p2[:, 1], p3[:, 1], out=accr)
    np.multiply(p1[:, 0], accr,    out=accr)
    np.subtract(p3[:, 1], p1[:, 1], out=acc1)
    np.multiply(p2[:, 0], acc1,    out=acc1)
    np.add(acc1, accr,            out=accr)
    np.subtract(p1[:, 1], p2[:, 1], out=acc1)
    np.multiply(p3[:, 0], acc1,    out=acc1)
    np.add(acc1, accr,            out=accr)
    np.abs(accr, out=accr)
    accr /= 2.
    # Notice: accr was writing into result, so the answer is in there
    return result

# the final value in thresholds is np.inf, which will never be
# the min value.  So, I am safe in "deleting" an index by
# just shifting the array over on top of it

def remove(s, i):
    """
    Quick trick to remove an item from a numpy array without
    creating a new object.  Rather than the array shape changing,
    the final value just gets repeated to fill the space.

~3.5x faster than numpy.delete
    """
    s[i:-1] = s[i + 1:]

class VWSimplifier(object):

def __init__(self, pts: Iterable[List[float]]) -> None:
        """
        Initialize with points. takes some time to build
        the thresholds but then all threshold filtering later
        is ultra fast
        """
        self.pts = np.array(pts, dtype=np.float32)
        self.thresholds = self.build_thresholds()
        self.ordered_thresholds = sorted(self.thresholds, reverse=True)

def build_thresholds(self):
        """
        compute the area value of each vertex, which one would
        use to mask an array of points for any threshold value.

returns a numpy.array (length of pts)  of the areas.
        """
        pts = self.pts
        nmax = len(pts)
        real_areas = triangle_areas_from_array(pts)
        real_indices = list(range(nmax))

# destructable copies
        # ARG! areas=real_areas[:] doesn't make a copy!
        areas = np.copy(real_areas)
        i = real_indices[:]

# pick first point and set up for loop
        min_vert = np.argmin(areas)
        this_area = areas[min_vert]
        #  areas and i are modified for each point finished
        remove(areas, min_vert)   # faster
        # areas = np.delete(areas, min_vert) # slower
        # noinspection PyTypeChecker
        i.pop(min_vert)

# cntr = 3
        while this_area < np.inf:
            # min_vert was removed from areas and i.  Now,
            # adjust the adjacent areas and remove the new
            # min_vert.

# Now that min_vert was filtered out, min_vert points
            # to the point after the deleted point.

skip = False  # modified area may be the next minvert

try:
                right_area = triangle_area(pts[i[min_vert - 1]],
                                           pts[i[min_vert]], pts[i[min_vert + 1]])
            except IndexError:
                # trying to update area of endpoint. Don't do it
                pass
            else:
                right_idx = i[min_vert]
                if right_area <= this_area:
                    # even if the point now has a smaller area,
                    # it ultimately is not more significant than
                    # the last point, which needs to be removed
                    # first to justify removing this point.
                    # Though this point is the next most significant
                    right_area = this_area

# min_vert refers to the point to the right of
                    # the previous min_vert, so we can leave it
                    # unchanged if it is still the min_vert
                    skip = min_vert

# update both collections of areas
                real_areas[right_idx] = right_area
                areas[min_vert] = right_area

if min_vert > 1:
                # cant try/except because 0-1=-1 is a valid index
                left_area = triangle_area(pts[i[min_vert - 2]],
                                          pts[i[min_vert - 1]], pts[i[min_vert]])
                if left_area <= this_area:
                    # same justification as above
                    left_area = this_area
                    skip = min_vert - 1
                real_areas[i[min_vert - 1]] = left_area
                areas[min_vert - 1] = left_area

# only np.argmin if we have too.
            min_vert = skip or np.argmin(areas)
            i.pop(min_vert)
            this_area = areas[min_vert]
            # areas = np.delete(areas,min_vert) #slower
            remove(areas, min_vert)  # f aster
        return real_areas

def from_threshold(self, threshold) -> List[List[float]]:
        return (self.pts[self.thresholds >= threshold]).tolist()

def from_number(self, n) -> List[List[float]]:
        thresholds = self.ordered_thresholds
        try:
            threshold = thresholds[int(n)]
        except IndexError:
            result = self.pts
        else:
            result = self.pts[self.thresholds > threshold]
        return result.tolist()

def from_ratio(self, r) -> List[List[float]]:
        if r <= 0 or r > 1:
            raise ValueError("Ratio must be 0<r<=1")
        else:
            return self.from_number(r * len(self.thresholds))

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