diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/util/compress_variant.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/util/compress_variant.hpp
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+// Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)
+
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
+// Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France.
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK.
+
+// Parts of Boost.Geometry are redesigned from Geodan's Geographic Library
+// (geolib/GGL), copyright (c) 1995-2010 Geodan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
+
+// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
+// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#ifndef BOOST_GEOMETRY_UTIL_COMPRESS_VARIANT_HPP
+#define BOOST_GEOMETRY_UTIL_COMPRESS_VARIANT_HPP
+
+
+#include <boost/mpl/equal_to.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/fold.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/front.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/if.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/insert.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/int.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/set.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/size.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/vector.hpp>
+#include <boost/variant/variant_fwd.hpp>
+
+
+namespace boost { namespace geometry
+{
+
+
+namespace detail
+{
+
+template <typename Variant>
+struct unique_types:
+    mpl::fold<
+        typename mpl::reverse_fold<
+            typename Variant::types,
+            mpl::set<>,
+            mpl::insert<
+                mpl::placeholders::_1,
+                mpl::placeholders::_2
+            >
+        >::type,
+        mpl::vector<>,
+        mpl::push_back<mpl::placeholders::_1, mpl::placeholders::_2>
+    >
+{};
+
+template <typename Types>
+struct variant_or_single:
+    mpl::if_<
+        mpl::equal_to<
+            mpl::size<Types>,
+            mpl::int_<1>
+        >,
+        typename mpl::front<Types>::type,
+        typename make_variant_over<Types>::type
+    >
+{};
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+
+/*!
+    \brief Meta-function that takes a boost::variant type and tries to minimize
+        it by doing the following:
+        - if there's any duplicate types, remove them
+        - if the result is a variant of one type, turn it into just that type
+    \ingroup utility
+    \par Example
+    \code
+        typedef variant<int, float, int, long> variant_type;
+        typedef compress_variant<variant_type>::type compressed;
+        typedef mpl::vector<int, float, long> result_types;
+        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( mpl::equal<compressed::types, result_types> ));
+
+        tpyedef variant<int, int, int> one_type_variant_type;
+        typedef compress_variant<one_type_variant_type>::type single_type;
+        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( boost::equals<single_type, int> ));
+    \endcode
+*/
+
+template <typename Variant>
+struct compress_variant:
+    detail::variant_or_single<
+        typename detail::unique_types<Variant>::type
+    >
+{};
+
+
+}} // namespace boost::geometry
+
+
+#endif // BOOST_GEOMETRY_UTIL_COMPRESS_VARIANT_HPP
diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/util/transform_variant.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/util/transform_variant.hpp
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+// Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)
+
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
+// Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France.
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK.
+
+// Parts of Boost.Geometry are redesigned from Geodan's Geographic Library
+// (geolib/GGL), copyright (c) 1995-2010 Geodan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
+
+// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
+// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#ifndef BOOST_GEOMETRY_UTIL_TRANSFORM_VARIANT_HPP
+#define BOOST_GEOMETRY_UTIL_TRANSFORM_VARIANT_HPP
+
+
+#include <boost/mpl/transform.hpp>
+#include <boost/variant/variant_fwd.hpp>
+
+
+namespace boost { namespace geometry
+{
+
+
+/*!
+    \brief Meta-function that takes a boost::variant type and an MPL lambda
+        expression and returns a variant type over the same types as the
+        initial variant type, each trasnformed using the lambda expression.
+    \ingroup utility
+    \par Example
+    \code
+        typedef variant<int, float, long> variant_type;
+        typedef transform_variant<variant_type, add_pointer<_> > transformed;
+        typedef variant<int*, float*, long*> result;
+        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( equal<result, transformed> ));
+    \endcode
+*/
+
+template <typename Variant, typename Op>
+struct transform_variant:
+    make_variant_over<
+        typename mpl::transform<
+            typename Variant::types,
+            Op
+        >::type
+    >
+{};
+
+
+}} // namespace boost::geometry
+
+
+#endif // BOOST_GEOMETRY_UTIL_TRANSFORM_VARIANT_HPP
diff --git a/test/util/compress_variant.cpp b/test/util/compress_variant.cpp
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+// Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)
+// Unit Test
+
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
+// Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France.
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK.
+
+// Parts of Boost.Geometry are redesigned from Geodan's Geographic Library
+// (geolib/GGL), copyright (c) 1995-2010 Geodan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
+
+// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
+// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+
+#include <boost/test/included/test_exec_monitor.hpp>
+#include <boost/geometry/util/compress_variant.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/assert.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/equal.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/vector.hpp>
+#include <boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp>
+#include <boost/variant/variant.hpp>
+
+
+template <typename ExpectedTypes, BOOST_VARIANT_ENUM_PARAMS(typename T)>
+void check_variant_types(boost::variant<BOOST_VARIANT_ENUM_PARAMS(T)>)
+{
+    BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((
+        boost::mpl::equal<
+            typename boost::variant<BOOST_VARIANT_ENUM_PARAMS(T)>::types,
+            ExpectedTypes
+        >
+    ));
+}
+
+template <typename Variant, typename ExpectedTypes>
+void test_variant_result()
+{
+    check_variant_types<ExpectedTypes>(typename boost::geometry::compress_variant<Variant>::type());
+}
+
+template <typename Variant, typename ExpectedType>
+void test_single_type_result()
+{
+    BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((
+        boost::is_same<
+            typename boost::geometry::compress_variant<Variant>::type,
+            ExpectedType
+        >
+    ));
+}
+
+
+int test_main(int, char* [])
+{
+    test_variant_result<
+        boost::variant<int, float, double>,
+        boost::mpl::vector<int, float, double>
+    >();
+
+    test_variant_result<
+        boost::variant<int, float, double, int, int, float, double, double, float>,
+        boost::mpl::vector<int, double, float>
+    >();
+
+    test_single_type_result<
+        boost::variant<int>,
+        int
+    >();
+
+    test_single_type_result<
+        boost::variant<double, double, double, double, double>,
+        double
+    >();
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/util/transform_variant.cpp b/test/util/transform_variant.cpp
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+// Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)
+// Unit Test
+
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
+// Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France.
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK.
+
+// Parts of Boost.Geometry are redesigned from Geodan's Geographic Library
+// (geolib/GGL), copyright (c) 1995-2010 Geodan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
+
+// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
+// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+
+#include <boost/test/included/test_exec_monitor.hpp>
+#include <boost/geometry/util/transform_variant.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/assert.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/equal.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/placeholders.hpp>
+#include <boost/mpl/vector.hpp>
+#include <boost/type_traits.hpp>
+#include <boost/variant/variant.hpp>
+
+using boost::mpl::placeholders::_;
+
+
+template <typename ExpectedTypes, BOOST_VARIANT_ENUM_PARAMS(typename T)>
+void check(boost::variant<BOOST_VARIANT_ENUM_PARAMS(T)>)
+{
+    BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((
+        boost::mpl::equal<
+            typename boost::variant<BOOST_VARIANT_ENUM_PARAMS(T)>::types,
+            ExpectedTypes
+        >
+    ));
+}
+
+
+int test_main(int, char* [])
+{
+    typedef typename boost::geometry::transform_variant<
+        boost::variant<int, float, long>,
+        boost::add_pointer<_>
+    >::type transformed;
+
+    check<boost::mpl::vector<int*, float*, long*> >(transformed());
+
+    return 0;
+}