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+# Master Thesis - Polygon simplification
+
+## Folder Structure
+
+- benchmarking: web-app for benchmarking
+- compare-algorithms: web-app for algorithm comparison
+- lib: 3rd party and self-written libraries
+- thesis: latex source files and main pdf file
+
+## web apps
+
+Development:
+
+- change to project directory (benchmarking or compare-algorithms)
+- npm install
+- npm run serve
+- server running on localhost:8080