diff --git a/encoding/error.go b/encoding/error.go
index ac2dd82a..523b90ce 100644
--- a/encoding/error.go
+++ b/encoding/error.go
@@ -1,15 +1 @@
 package encoding
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/go-spatial/geom"
-)
-
-type ErrUnknownGeometry struct {
-	Geom geom.Geometry
-}
-
-func (e ErrUnknownGeometry) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("unknown geometry: %T", e.Geom)
-}
diff --git a/encoding/geojson/geojson.go b/encoding/geojson/geojson.go
index 19b48fd7..7ad80823 100644
--- a/encoding/geojson/geojson.go
+++ b/encoding/geojson/geojson.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 
 	"github.com/go-spatial/geom"
-	"github.com/go-spatial/geom/encoding"
 )
 
 type GeoJSONType string
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ func (geo Geometry) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		})
 
 	default:
-		return nil, encoding.ErrUnknownGeometry{g}
+		return nil, geom.ErrUnknownGeometry{g}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/encoding/geojson/geojson_test.go b/encoding/geojson/geojson_test.go
index 41314381..9da9cfe4 100644
--- a/encoding/geojson/geojson_test.go
+++ b/encoding/geojson/geojson_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/go-spatial/geom"
-	"github.com/go-spatial/geom/encoding"
 	"github.com/go-spatial/geom/encoding/geojson"
 )
 
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ func TestFeatureMarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 			geom: nil,
 			expectedErr: json.MarshalerError{
 				Type: reflect.TypeOf(geojson.Geometry{}),
-				Err:  encoding.ErrUnknownGeometry{nil},
+				Err:  geom.ErrUnknownGeometry{nil},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/encoding/wkb/wkb.go b/encoding/wkb/wkb.go
index d6bf9c59..4298113d 100644
--- a/encoding/wkb/wkb.go
+++ b/encoding/wkb/wkb.go
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-spatial/geom/encoding/wkb/internal/encode"
 )
 
-type ErrUnknownGeometry struct {
-	Geom geom.Geometry
-}
-
-func (e ErrUnknownGeometry) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Unknown Geometry! %v", e.Geom)
-}
-
 type ErrUnknownGeometryType struct {
 	Typ uint32
 }
@@ -108,7 +100,7 @@ func _encode(en *encode.Encoder, g geom.Geometry) error {
 			}
 		}
 	default:
-		return ErrUnknownGeometry{g}
+		return geom.ErrUnknownGeometry{g}
 	}
 	return en.Err()
 }
diff --git a/encoding/wkt/wkt.go b/encoding/wkt/wkt.go
index 3a542b7e..686a5e0f 100644
--- a/encoding/wkt/wkt.go
+++ b/encoding/wkt/wkt.go
@@ -104,14 +104,6 @@ use to take a tagola.Geometry and convert it to a wkt string. It will, also,
 contain functions to parse a wkt string into a wkb.Geometry.
 */
 
-type ErrUnknownGeometry struct {
-	Geom geom.Geometry
-}
-
-func (e ErrUnknownGeometry) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Unknown Geometry! %v", e.Geom)
-}
-
 func _encode(geo geom.Geometry) string {
 
 	switch g := geo.(type) {
@@ -173,7 +165,7 @@ func _encode(geo geom.Geometry) string {
 func Encode(geo geom.Geometry) (string, error) {
 	switch g := geo.(type) {
 	default:
-		return "", ErrUnknownGeometry{geo}
+		return "", geom.ErrUnknownGeometry{geo}
 	case geom.Pointer:
 		// POINT( 10 10)
 		if isNil(g) {
diff --git a/encoding/wkt/wkt_test.go b/encoding/wkt/wkt_test.go
index f876663f..85e7596d 100644
--- a/encoding/wkt/wkt_test.go
+++ b/encoding/wkt/wkt_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestEncode(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := map[string]map[string]tcase{
 		"Point": {
 			"empty nil": {
-				Err: ErrUnknownGeometry{nil},
+				Err: geom.ErrUnknownGeometry{nil},
 			},
 			"empty": {
 				Geom: (*geom.Point)(nil),
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fead4be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package geom
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// ErrUnknownGeometry represents an objects that is not a known geom geometry.
+type ErrUnknownGeometry struct {
+	Geom Geometry
+}
+
+func (e ErrUnknownGeometry) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("unknown geometry: %T", e.Geom)
+}
diff --git a/geom.go b/geom.go
index f89fd810..703f532a 100644
--- a/geom.go
+++ b/geom.go
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 // Package geom describes geometry interfaces.
 package geom
 
-import "errors"
-
-// ErrUnknownGeometry is returned when the geometry type is unknown or unsupported.
-var ErrUnknownGeometry = errors.New("unknown geometry")
-
 // Geometry is an object with a spatial reference.
 // if a method accepts a Geometry type it's only expected to support the geom types in this package
 type Geometry interface{}
@@ -62,7 +57,7 @@ func getCoordinates(g Geometry, pts *[]Point) error {
 
 	default:
 
-		return ErrUnknownGeometry
+		return ErrUnknownGeometry{g}
 
 	case Pointer:
 
diff --git a/planar/planar.go b/planar/planar.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b48b346e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planar/planar.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package planar
+
+import (
+	"math"
+)
+
+const Rad = math.Pi / 180
+
+type PointLineDistanceFunc func(line [2][2]float64, point [2]float64) float64
+
+// PerpendicularDistance  provides the distance between a line and a point in Euclidean space.
+// ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_from_a_point_to_a_line#Line_defined_by_two_points
+func PerpendicularDistance(line [2][2]float64, point [2]float64) float64 {
+
+	deltaX := line[1][0] - line[0][0]
+	deltaY := line[1][1] - line[0][1]
+	deltaXSq := deltaX * deltaX
+	deltaYSq := deltaY * deltaY
+
+	num := math.Abs((deltaY * point[0]) - (deltaX * point[1]) + (line[1][0] * line[0][1]) - (line[1][1] * line[0][0]))
+	denom := math.Sqrt(deltaYSq + deltaXSq)
+	if denom == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return num / denom
+}
+
+// Slope — finds the Slope of a line
+func Slope(line [2][2]float64) (m, b float64, defined bool) {
+	dx := line[1][0] - line[0][0]
+	dy := line[1][1] - line[0][1]
+	if dx == 0 || dy == 0 {
+		// if dx == 0 then m == 0; and the intercept is y.
+		// However if the lines are verticle then the slope is not defined.
+		return 0, line[0][1], dx != 0
+	}
+	m = dy / dx
+	b = line[0][1] - (m * line[0][0])
+	return m, b, true
+}
diff --git a/planar/planar_test.go b/planar/planar_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f050d0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planar/planar_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package planar
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSlope(t *testing.T) {
+	type tcase struct {
+		line    [2][2]float64
+		m, b    float64
+		defined bool
+	}
+
+	fn := func(t *testing.T, tc tcase) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		gm, gb, gd := Slope(tc.line)
+		if tc.defined != gd {
+			t.Errorf("sloped defined, expected %v got %v", tc.defined, gd)
+			return
+		}
+		// if the slope is not defined, line is verticle and m,b don't have good values.
+		if !tc.defined {
+			return
+		}
+		if tc.m != gm {
+			t.Errorf("sloped, expected %v got %v", tc.m, gm)
+
+		}
+		if tc.b != gb {
+			t.Errorf("sloped intercept, expected %v got %v", tc.b, gb)
+		}
+	}
+	tests := []tcase{
+		{
+			line:    [2][2]float64{{0, 0}, {10, 10}},
+			m:       1,
+			b:       0,
+			defined: true,
+		},
+		{
+			line:    [2][2]float64{{1, 7}, {1, 17}},
+			defined: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for i := range tests {
+		tc := tests[i]
+		t.Run(strconv.FormatInt(int64(i), 10), func(t *testing.T) { fn(t, tc) })
+	}
+}
diff --git a/planar/simplify.go b/planar/simplify.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f72f57d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planar/simplify.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package planar
+
+import "github.com/go-spatial/geom"
+
+// Simplifer is an interface for Simplifying geometries.
+type Simplifer interface {
+	Simplify(linestring [][2]float64, isClosed bool) ([][2]float64, error)
+}
+
+func simplifyPolygon(simplifer Simplifer, plg [][][2]float64, isClosed bool) (ret [][][2]float64, err error) {
+	ret = make([][][2]float64, len(plg))
+	for i := range plg {
+		ls, err := simplifer.Simplify(plg[i], isClosed)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ret[i] = ls
+	}
+	return ret, nil
+
+}
+
+// Simplify will simplify the provided geometry using the provided simplifer.
+// If the simplifer is nil, no simplification will be attempted.
+func Simplify(simplifer Simplifer, geometry geom.Geometry) (geom.Geometry, error) {
+
+	if simplifer == nil {
+		return geometry, nil
+	}
+
+	switch gg := geometry.(type) {
+
+	case geom.Collectioner:
+
+		geos := gg.Geometries()
+		coll := make([]geom.Geometry, len(geos))
+		for i := range geos {
+			geo, err := Simplify(simplifer, geos[i])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			coll[i] = geo
+		}
+		return geom.Collection(coll), nil
+
+	case geom.MultiPolygoner:
+
+		plys := gg.Polygons()
+		mply := make([][][][2]float64, len(plys))
+		for i := range plys {
+			ply, err := simplifyPolygon(simplifer, plys[i], true)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			mply[i] = ply
+		}
+		return geom.MultiPolygon(mply), nil
+
+	case geom.Polygoner:
+
+		ply, err := simplifyPolygon(simplifer, gg.LinearRings(), true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return geom.Polygon(ply), nil
+
+	case geom.MultiLineStringer:
+
+		mls, err := simplifyPolygon(simplifer, gg.LineStrings(), false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return geom.MultiLineString(mls), nil
+
+	case geom.LineStringer:
+
+		ls, err := simplifer.Simplify(gg.Verticies(), false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return geom.LineString(ls), nil
+
+	default: // Points, MutliPoints or anything else.
+		return geometry, nil
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/slippy/tile.go b/slippy/tile.go
index ba37d447..152dbb78 100644
--- a/slippy/tile.go
+++ b/slippy/tile.go
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ func Lat2Tile(zoom uint, lat float64) (y uint) {
 }
 
 func Lon2Tile(zoom uint, lon float64) (x uint) {
-
 	return uint(math.Exp2(float64(zoom)) * (lon + 180.0) / 360.0)
 }