The Captico KML compressor uses the Douglas-Peucker Algorithm to reduce the number of vectors in your KML file. Adjust the tolerance to see how the polygon count is effected. Try this sample KML file. It’s open source and mostly Javascript requiring your browser have Web Workers.

Blog Series featuring summaries of articles and tutorials I read during the week. If you don’t have the time to scour the web for blog posts about web related news, technology, and techniques, then check in with us! This week’s installment includes:
• The Small Print: Writing User Interface Instructions
• How Google’s Algorithm Rules the Web