diff --git a/planar/simplify/debug.go b/planar/simplify/debug.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/planar/simplify/debug.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package simplify
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const debug = false
+
+var logger *log.Logger
+
+func init() {
+	if debug {
+		logger = log.New(os.Stderr, "simplify:", log.Lshortfile|log.LstdFlags)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/planar/simplify/douglaspeucker.go b/planar/simplify/douglaspeucker.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abe78ef8
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+++ b/planar/simplify/douglaspeucker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package simplify
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/go-spatial/geom/planar"
+)
+
+type DouglasPeucker struct {
+
+	// Tolerance is the tolerance used to eliminate points, a tolerance of zero is not eliminate any points.
+	Tolerance float64
+
+	// Dist is the distance function to use, defaults to planar.PerpendicularDistance
+	Dist planar.PointLineDistanceFunc
+}
+
+func (dp DouglasPeucker) Simplify(linestring [][2]float64, isClosed bool) ([][2]float64, error) {
+	return dp.simplify(0, linestring, isClosed)
+}
+
+func (dp DouglasPeucker) simplify(depth uint8, linestring [][2]float64, isClosed bool) ([][2]float64, error) {
+
+	// helper function for debugging and tracing the code
+	var printf = func(msg string, depth uint8, params ...interface{}) {
+		if debug {
+			ps := make([]interface{}, 1, len(params)+1)
+			ps[0] = depth
+			ps = append(ps, params...)
+			logger.Printf(strings.Repeat(" ", int(depth*2))+"[%v]"+msg, ps...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if dp.Tolerance <= 0 || len(linestring) <= 2 {
+		if debug {
+			if dp.Tolerance <= 0 {
+				printf("skipping due to Tolerance (%v) ≤ zero:", depth, dp.Tolerance)
+
+			}
+			if len(linestring) <= 2 {
+				printf("skipping due to len(linestring) (%v) ≤ two:", depth, len(linestring))
+			}
+		}
+		return linestring, nil
+	}
+
+	if debug {
+		printf("starting linestring: %v ; tolerance: %v", depth, linestring, dp.Tolerance)
+	}
+
+	dmax, idx := 0.0, 0
+	dist := planar.PerpendicularDistance
+	if dp.Dist != nil {
+		dist = dp.Dist
+	}
+
+	line := [2][2]float64{linestring[0], linestring[len(linestring)-1]}
+
+	if debug {
+		printf("starting dmax: %v ; idx %v ;  line : %v", depth, dmax, idx, line)
+	}
+
+	// Find the point that is the furthest away.
+	for i := 1; i <= len(linestring)-2; i++ {
+		d := dist(line, linestring[i])
+		if d > dmax {
+			dmax, idx = d, i
+		}
+
+		if debug {
+			printf("looking at %v ; d : %v dmax %v ", depth, i, d, dmax)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If the furtherest point is greater then tolerance, we split at that point, and look again at each
+	// subsections.
+	if dmax > dp.Tolerance {
+		if len(linestring) <= 3 {
+			if debug {
+				printf("returning linestring %v", depth, linestring)
+			}
+			return linestring, nil
+		}
+		rec1, _ := dp.simplify(depth+1, linestring[0:idx], isClosed)
+		rec2, _ := dp.simplify(depth+1, linestring[idx:], isClosed)
+		if debug {
+			printf("returning combined lines: %v %v", depth, rec1, rec2)
+		}
+		return append(rec1, rec2...), nil
+	}
+
+	// Drop all points between the end points.
+	if debug {
+		printf("dropping all points between the end points: %v", depth, line)
+	}
+	return line[:], nil
+}
diff --git a/planar/simplify/douglaspeucker_test.go b/planar/simplify/douglaspeucker_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3bd4d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planar/simplify/douglaspeucker_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package simplify
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var ignoreSanityCheck bool
+
+func init() {
+	flag.BoolVar(&ignoreSanityCheck, "ignoreSanityCheck", false, "ignore sanity checks in test cases.")
+}
+
+func TestDouglasPeucker(t *testing.T) {
+	type tcase struct {
+		l  [][2]float64
+		dp DouglasPeucker
+		el [][2]float64
+	}
+
+	fn := func(t *testing.T, tc tcase) {
+		gl, err := tc.dp.Simplify(tc.l, false)
+		// Douglas Peucker should never return an error.
+		// This is more of a sanity check.
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Douglas Peucker error, expected nil got %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.el, gl) {
+			t.Errorf("simplified points, expected %v got %v", tc.el, gl)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if ignoreSanityCheck {
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Let's try it with true, it should not matter, as DP does not care.
+		// More sanity checking.
+		gl, _ = tc.dp.Simplify(tc.l, true)
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.el, gl) {
+			t.Errorf("simplified points (true), expected %v got %v", tc.el, gl)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	tests := map[string]tcase{
+		"simple box": {
+			l: [][2]float64{{0, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, 0}},
+			dp: DouglasPeucker{
+				Tolerance: 0.001,
+			},
+			el: [][2]float64{{0, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, 0}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range tests {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) { fn(t, tc) })
+	}
+}