diff --git a/agg2graph/src/de/fub/agg2graph/graph/RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter.java b/agg2graph/src/de/fub/agg2graph/graph/RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter.java
index ec3ea486b77a83d3968fec00925f11419f4f5347..50d117604c427532d559e7f60de3d4f0c5f703b4 100644
--- a/agg2graph/src/de/fub/agg2graph/graph/RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter.java
+++ b/agg2graph/src/de/fub/agg2graph/graph/RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import de.fub.agg2graph.structs.Path;
  */
 public class RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter {
 	private double epsilon = 0.0;
-	private double maxSegmentLength = 100; // meters
+	private double maxEdgeLength = 100; // meters
 
 	public RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter() {
 	}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter {
 
 	public RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter(double epsilon, double maxSegmentLength) {
 		this(epsilon);
-		this.maxSegmentLength = maxSegmentLength;
+		this.maxEdgeLength = maxSegmentLength;
 	}
 
 	public List<ILocation> getRemovablePoints(List<? extends ILocation> data) {
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ public class RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter {
 		return epsilon;
 	}
 
-	public double getMaxSegmentLength() {
-		return maxSegmentLength;
+	public double getMaxEdgeLength() {
+		return maxEdgeLength;
 	}
 
-	public void setMaxSegmentLength(double maxSegmentLength) {
-		this.maxSegmentLength = maxSegmentLength;
+	public void setMaxEdgeLength(double maxSegmentLength) {
+		this.maxEdgeLength = maxSegmentLength;
 	}
 
 	protected List<ILocation> getRemovablePoints(
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ public class RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter {
 				result.add(lastNode);
 			}
 			double dist = GPSCalc.getDistance(lastNode, thisNode);
-			if (dist > maxSegmentLength) {
+			if (dist > maxEdgeLength) {
 				AggConnection conn = lastNode.getConnectionTo(thisNode);
 				if (conn != null) {
 					List<AggConnection> newConnections = agg.splitConnection(
-							conn, (int) Math.ceil(dist / maxSegmentLength));
+							conn, (int) Math.ceil(dist / maxEdgeLength));
 					for (AggConnection newConn : newConnections) {
 						result.add(newConn.getTo());
 					}
diff --git a/agg2graph/src/de/fub/agg2graph/traclus/Benchmark.java b/agg2graph/src/de/fub/agg2graph/traclus/Benchmark.java
index e17706d2c60419ad3a1fb942b61876795b5715be..68a8fe2a1175743cb00d9351611a805b044e7f72 100644
--- a/agg2graph/src/de/fub/agg2graph/traclus/Benchmark.java
+++ b/agg2graph/src/de/fub/agg2graph/traclus/Benchmark.java
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ public class Benchmark {
 		double rpdfEpsilon = Double.parseDouble(properties.getProperty("output.rpdfEpsilon"));
 		double maxSegmentLength = Double.parseDouble(properties.getProperty("output.maxSegmentLength"));
 		((OsmExporter) exporter).rdpf = new RamerDouglasPeuckerFilter(rpdfEpsilon);
-		((OsmExporter) exporter).rdpf.setMaxSegmentLength(maxSegmentLength);
+		((OsmExporter) exporter).rdpf.setMaxEdgeLength(maxSegmentLength);
 		
 		// configure xml document
 		((OsmExporter) exporter).uid = properties.getProperty("output.uid");