Spatial data simplification and storage

A method, comprising:

• receiving a first plurality of points representative of a geometry;
• generating a first simplified version of the geometry;
• identifying a target size of a second simplified version of the geometry, the target size based at least in part on capacity for storing data in a column of a database;
• generating a second plurality of points with a greater number of points than the first simplified version of the geometry, wherein the second plurality of points is generated based, at least in part, on expanding a segment of the first simplified version of the geometry, wherein the segment is identified based at least in part on determining that a point associated with the segment is at a distance from the segment that is greater than a tolerance value, and that the segment can be expanded by adding one or more additional points without the second simplified version of the geometry exceeding the target size;
• and
• storing the second plurality of points, to represent the second simplified version of the geometry, in the column of the database.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon executable instructions that, as a result of execution by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to at least:

• receive a first plurality of points representative of a geometry;
• generate a first simplified version of the geometry;
• determine a target size of a second simplified version of the geometry, the target size based at least in part on capacity for storing data in a column of a database;
• generate a second plurality of points based, at least in part, on identifying a segment of the geometry to expand, wherein the segment is identified based at least in part on one or more points associated with the segment that are at a distance from the segment greater than a tolerance value associated with the segment, and a determination that the second plurality of points could include the one or more points, without causing the second simplified version of the geometry to exceed the target size;
• and
• store the second plurality of points, the second plurality of points indicative of the second simplified version of the geometry, in the column of the database.