Tactile maps are essential tools for visually impaired people to comprehend space and to
support the simple pedestrian trips made difficult by their disability. Tactile maps are created …

Simplification of building footprints is an essential task in topographic map generalization
from large to medium scales. The traditional rule-or constraint-based algorithms commonly …

Research has developed numerous algorithms to simplify building data. Each algorithm has
strengths and weaknesses in addressing shape characteristics, but no single algorithm can …

Polyline and building simplification remain challenging in cartography. Most proposed
algorithms are geometric-based and rely on specific rules. In this study, we propose a deep …

Building generalization is an essential task in generating multi-scale topographic maps. The
progress of deep learning offers a new paradigm to overcome the coordination challenges …

This study proposes a template matching simplification method from the perspective of
shape cognition based on the typical template characteristics of building distributions and …

The urban climate has a critical influence on develo** sustainable cities, and one
important factor is the urban wind environment. Moreover, refining urban wind fields is …

The automatic generation of travel‐time maps is a prerequisite for many fields of application
such as tourist assistance and spatial decision support systems, for example to analyze the …

Line simplification is an important component of map generalization. In recent years,
algorithms for line simplification have been widely researched, and most of them are based …

Buildings form one of the most important object classes of topographic maps and its
generalization is a very critical process to create cartographic models at multiple scales …