Function filterPoints

libs/mapv/mapv.js:1674–1694

(start, end)

// eliminate colinear or duplicate points
function filterPoints(start, end) {
    if (!start) return start;
    if (!end) end = start;

    var p = start,
        again;
    do {
        again = false;

        if (!p.steiner && (equals(p, p.next) || area(p.prev, p, p.next) === 0)) {
            removeNode(p);
            p = end = p.prev;
            if (p === p.next) return null;
            again = true;
        } else {
            p = p.next;
        }
    } while (again || p !== end);

    return end;
}

// main ear slicing loop which triangulates a polygon (given as a linked list)
function earcutLinked(ear, triangles, dim, minX, minY, size, pass) {