ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Ralph Martin) (06/21/89)
Suppose I have a bunch of points (a Stroke) which come from moving a mouse or stylus pen. I want to fit a series of Bezier curves (or B-splines if really pushed) to the points, such that I use the minimum number of Bezier arcs to approximate the data within a given tolerance (ie no input point must lie more than a given distance from the composite bezier curve so defined). This will all be done by means of recursive division. OK, can anyone give me any references to papers on this very topic, so we dont reinvent too many wheels here? Thanks, ralph