The Automatic Identification System (AIS) of ships provides massive data for maritime
transportation management and related researches. Trajectory clustering has been widely …

Human sketch has already proved its worth in various visual understanding tasks (eg,
retrieval, segmentation, image-captioning, etc). In this paper, we reveal a new trait of …

This chapter presents a new approach to line generalization which uses the concept
of'effective area'for progressive simplification of a line by point elimination. Two coastlines …

Aggregate occupies at least three-quarters of the volume of asphalt mixture and can
significantly affect the performance of pavement. The geometrical morphology influences the …

A concise text presenting the fundamental concepts in Geographical Information Systems
(GIS), emphasising an understanding of techniques in management, analysis and graphic …

Digital Map Generalization at the Age of Enlightenment: a Review of the First Forty Years
Page 1 OBSERVATIONS Digital Map Generalization at the Age of Enlightenment: a Review of …

This article describes a new set of algorithms for locally–adaptive line generalization based
on the so-called natural principle of objective generalization. The drawbacks of existing …

With the widespread use of GIS, multi-scale representation has become an important issue
in the realm of spatial data handling. However, no book to date has systematically tackled …

This text describes late-1990s understanding of map generalisation in the context of paper
maps and GIS. Its particular value should be in helping to further automate and measure the …

When spatial data is digitized for use in geographic information systems and other software,
information about its original scale, resolution and accuracy is frequently lost. As a result …