Adequate representation of cartographic expert knowledge is essential if maps are to be
created in an automated way. Part of this expert knowledge is made up by the structural …

The availability of spatial data on the web has greatly increased through the availability of
user-generated community data and geosensor networks. The integration of such multi …

This paper describes an approach for the typification of buildings using a mesh‐
simplification technique. The approach is adapted from the area of computer graphics and …

Polygonal subdivisions, ie the representation of categorical data in the vector model, are a
common data type in GIS applications, in thematic maps, in topographic maps and in digital …

A structure recognition technique is presented that can be employed for contextual building
and built-up area generalisation in medium-scale topographic maps. Owing to various …

One of the most frequent operations in map** for mobile information services is the
conflation and portrayal of geo-coded thematic information with a topographic base map in …

This paper presents a new approach to combining multi-representation databases with the
generalization and update processes. It leads to a tightly integrated model which is a part of …

Automated processes such as cartographic generalisation require formal abstraction of the
geographic space in order to analyse, process and transform it. Spatial relations are key to …

This article describes a new automatic quadtree-/octree-based and scale-dependent
generalization algorithm for point selection. The benefit toward existing point selection …

We use ontologies in this paper to search for alternative representations of geographic
objects thus providing a description of these objects in cartographic vector maps. We define …