Simplification of Indoor Space Footprints

Simplification is one of the fundamental operations used in geoinformation science (GIS) to reduce size or representation complexity of geometric objects. Although different simplification methods can be applied depending on one's purpose, a simplification that many applications employ is designed to preserve their spatial properties after simplification. This article addresses one of the 2D simplification methods, especially working well on human-made structures such as 2D footprints of buildings and indoor spaces. The method simplifies polygons in an iterative manner. The simplification is segment-wise and takes account of intrusion, extrusion, offset, and corner portions of 2D structures preserving its dominant frame.