Abstract Knowledge Representation (KR) originated as a discipline within Artificial
Intelligence, and is concerned with the representation of knowledge in symbolic form so that …

GIS: A Computing Perspective, Second Edition, provides a full, up-to-date overview of GIS,
both Geographic Information Systems and the study of Geographic Information Science …

Geography has always been important to humans. Stone-age hunters anticipated the
location of their quarry, early explorers lived or died by their knowledge of geography, and …

As Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have developed and their applications have been
extended, the issue of uncertainty has become increasingly recognized. It is highlighted by …

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 …

There are a number of compelling reasons to build a strategic supply chain map. However,
widely accepted conventions for this kind of mapping do not yet exist. The strategic map …

The objective of this study is to develop a methodology to integrate multi-source remote
sensing data into a homogeneous time series of land cover maps in order to carry out …

Geographic Information Systems mainly tend to be two dimensional, thus limiting the
applications. As GIS are being developed, researchers and practioners are finding new …

对地图综合的几个基础理论问题和技术方法作了相应的论述, 提出了以下主要结构化综合的学术
论点和方法: ① 综合(抽象与概括) 并不为地图学与GIS 所独有, 而是科学认知的普遍手段 …

Many studies of line simplification methods have been developed; however, an evaluation of
these methods is still an open issue. This paper aims to evaluate a diversity of automatic line …