ST_Simplify(provided by PostGIS) and GeoDjango

ST_Simplify function is provided by PostGIS.
It is used to simplify the geometry(eg. LINESTRING or POLYGON).
It use `simplify` method of GEOSGeometry class.
Django version is 1.3.

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1. >>> line_string.simplify?  
2. Type:           instancemethod  
3. Base Class:     <type 'instancemethod'>  
4. String Form:    <bound method LineString.simplify of <LineString object at 0xa4ed5f0>>  
5. Namespace:      Interactive  
6. File:           /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Django-1.3-py2.6.egg/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometry.py  
7. Definition:     line_string.simplify(self, tolerance=0.0, preserve_topology=False)  
8. ...  
9. >>> line_string  
10. <LineString object at 0xa4ed5f0>  
11. >>> len(line_string)  
12. 4367  
13. >>> line_string[:3]  
14. [(138.67654300000001, 35.492500999999997, 944.62300000000005), (138.676545, 35.4925, 944.62300000000005), (138.676546, 35.492499000000002, 944.63)]  
15. >>> simplified = line_string.simplify(0.001)  
16. >>> len(simplified)  
17. 90  
18. >>> simplified2 = line_string.simplify(0.001, True)  
19. >>> len(simplified2)  
20. 2458  

>>> line_string.simplify?
Type:           instancemethod
Base Class:     <type 'instancemethod'>
String Form:    <bound method LineString.simplify of <LineString object at 0xa4ed5f0>>
Namespace:      Interactive
File:           /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Django-1.3-py2.6.egg/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometry.py
Definition:     line_string.simplify(self, tolerance=0.0, preserve_topology=False)
...
>>> line_string
<LineString object at 0xa4ed5f0>
>>> len(line_string)
4367
>>> line_string[:3]
[(138.67654300000001, 35.492500999999997, 944.62300000000005), (138.676545, 35.4925, 944.62300000000005), (138.676546, 35.492499000000002, 944.63)]
>>> simplified = line_string.simplify(0.001)
>>> len(simplified)
90
>>> simplified2 = line_string.simplify(0.001, True)
>>> len(simplified2)
2458