Image interpretation of topographic maps on a medium scale via frame-based modelling

Author

Ebi, Norbert B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Software Dev., Poppenhaeger GRIPS Ltd., Neunkirchen, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

23-26 Oct 1995

Firstpage

250

Abstract

A new method for automatic data acquisition from colored topographic maps is presented. Cartographic paper-based maps describe the real landscape in symbolic and reduced form. The data acquisition from maps provides a spatial reference and a data basis for geographic information systems. Geographic information systems (GIS) are data processing systems that are used in geographic disciplines, e.g. for environmental planning tasks. They support graphic-based capturing, modifying, processing and management of spatial data. The extensive and efficient application of GIS demands the automation of data acquisition because the data requirements cannot be supported sufficiently by the currently used extremely time-consuming and costly manual or at most partly automatized digitization of maps

Keywords

cartography; data acquisition; geographic information systems; geophysical signal processing; image colour analysis; topography (Earth); automatic data acquisition; cartographic paper-based maps; colored topographic maps; data basis; digitization; frame-based modelling; geographic information systems; graphic-based capturing; image interpretation; landscape; management; spatial data; symbolic reduced form; Automation; Concrete; Data acquisition; Data mining; Geographic Information Systems; Graphics; Information analysis; Layout; Programming; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Processing, 1995. Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7310-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIP.1995.529693

Filename

529693