道路地图示意性表达的可用性评估

当前示意性地图表达主要针对公共交通网络,缺乏对道路地图示意性表达可用性评估研究。本文选取景区和街道两个典型道路场景,采用最新的自动示意化方法生成示意地图,以主观问卷调查结合客观眼动试验的方式,评估道路地图示意性表达的可用性。试验结果表明:①示意性表达能够提升道路地图的简化度、清晰度及用户满意度,尤其对于原始道路形状较为复杂的情况;②示意地图中路径形状简化会造成不同路径感知长度差异的改变,从而影响到人们路径抉择行为;③对于路径示意性结果增加了道路网密集程度的情况,会降低示意地图认知效率。本文研究成果有助于道路地图自动示意性表达规则完善和方法优化,能够进一步提升地图示意性表达的实用性。     

空间路线描绘：以大学生入学路线的心像地图为例

以开放性问题的方式调查大学新生对地理空间的认知,通过让被试者绘制其从家乡入学的路线,并在经过简短的地理和地图基础知识理解后再进行同一问题的路线描述,试图发掘基础地理知识对路线理解的前后变化、揭示空间认知能力如何体现在绘制路线上。研究结果表明,被试者会选择文字、示意简图、方位图方式绘制心像地图,具有较强的空间记忆能力;经过地理和地图基础知识介绍后,被试者的描述方式发生改变,增强了空间感知能力和知识叠加能力;选择交通方式的不同对路线描述、途经要素的选择及途经地点数量会产生重要影响;地理和地图基础知识的介绍对途经地点的数量和行政等级几乎没有影响;山川河流及知名建筑等地理要素对人认知记忆产生重要影响,是路线描绘过程中的重要标志;远距离路线描绘会出现等级空间思维而"详-略"结合的地图刻画。实验揭示了路线描述的个体差异和上述的共同点。     

A comparative analysis of routes generated by Web Mapping APIs

Web Mapping APIs (WMAs), such as Google Maps API, are widely used by researchers across different fields to develop geospatial Web applications. Among maps and map functionalities provided through WMAs, route and direction are prominent and commonly available. Given that each WMA uses a different map database and a different set of assumptions, the routes they generate, for the same pairs of origin and destination addresses, are different. Considering the current void in literature on WMAs and the routes they generate, in this paper, select common WMAs are compared and analyzed based on their routing techniques. The results of these comparisons will benefit researchers by helping them better understand the behavior of WMAs in producing routes, which in turn can be used for selecting suitable WMAs for research projects or developing applications (such as navigation and location-based services). The process in which routes are evaluated can also be used as a guideline to help researchers explore behavior of WMAs in generating routes.     

变形交通线路图自动制作方法

城市交通网络规模的不断扩大使得交通线路图成为一种常用地图。为了提高信息的传输效率，更好地保证图形的清晰易读性，出现了变形交通线路地图^[1]。本文分析了变形交通线路图特性并对其自动制作过程进行了总结。为解决制作过程中地图符号冲突问题，提出了作用力驱动站点位移的交通线路图变形压缩方法。建立交通线路图中站点受力移动模型并设计了以坐标轴为轴心的移位算法。试验表明，该算法能够有效解决地图符号冲突问题，为完全自动制作变形交通线路图建立了基础。     

The effects of visual realism,spatial abilities,and competition on performance in map-based route learning in men

We report on how visual realism might influence map-based route learning performance in a controlled laboratory experiment with 104 male participants in a competitive context. Using animations of a dot moving through routes of interest, we find that participants recall the routes more accurately with abstract road maps than with more realistic satellite maps. We also find that, irrespective of visual realism, participants with higher spatial abilities (high-spatial participants) are more accurate in memorizing map-based routes than participants with lower spatial abilities (low-spatial participants). On the other hand, added visual realism limits high-spatial participants in their route recall speed, while it seems not to influence the recall speed of low-spatial participants. Competition affects participants’ overall confidence positively, but does not affect their route recall performance neither in terms of accuracy nor speed. With this study, we provide further empirical evidence demonstrating that it is important to choose the appropriate map type considering task characteristics and spatial abilities. While satellite maps might be perceived as more fun to use, or visually more attractive than road maps, they also require more cognitive resources for many map-based tasks, which is true even for high-spatial users.     

基于GIS的兴趣点公交路线查询系统的研究与设计

为了更加有效地利用公共交通,缓解城市交通拥堵,本文在公共交通利用方面提出了一种新的出行路线查询方法。它可以提供基于无需换乘的公交站点位置周边兴趣点路线查询,即根据离自己位置最近的公交站点信息,按照一定条件查找出满足条件的兴趣点,并给出前往自己兴趣点的公交路线。建立相应的空间数据库,储存公交站点等信息。基于ArcEngine开发平台,采用C#.NET语言进行了城市公交站点周边兴趣点查询系统功能的开发,实现了输入兴趣点和公交站点即可得到所需的出行路线。在本文中,查询系统以深圳市为例进行了测试,结果能够满足需求,为城市居民的出行提供了一个新的查询方式。     

Geotechnical and environmental considerations in highway layouts: an integrated GIS assessment approach

Highway route layout design typically relies on aerial photographs, topographic maps and geologic maps. In this paper, a GIS platform, which incorporates the main digital data needed for evaluating route layouts, is used in a computer-based approach for highway layout assessment. Possible layouts are evaluated based on two sets of criteria. First, traditional evaluation criteria focussing on geometric design factors and impact on man-made features are considered. Next, the developed assessment framework builds on the GIS platform to generate specific environmental and geotechnical criteria for route layout evaluation. The developed approach integrates highway design, slope stability, and traffic noise modeling packages and specifically written codes with the GIS packages ARC/INFO and ArcView. A prototypical application of the assessment framework for a proposed highway south of the city of Beirut, Lebanon is presented. The results demonstrate the potential of the developed approach in incorporating new evaluation criteria at the route layout design stage and in automating the route layout assessment procedure.     

专题地图图面要素自动配置方法的研究

实现地图图面要素配置的自动化是地图制图自动化中的一个重要部分,能够帮助制图人员提高制图效率。文中在分析国内外有关研究成果的基础上,利用地图图面配置规律和视觉平衡理论,提出一种自动搜寻地图图面要素合适位置的方法。该方法从专题地图生产的实际需要出发,考虑了纸张大小和地图比例尺等因素,用矩形框表示图面要素的大小和位置,简化设计过程。最后,在CorelDRAW环境下,利用VBA技术实现文中所提出的方法。该软件提供了多种地图图面要素配置模板供地图设计人员选择,能进行地图图面要素位置的自动冲突探测,可以为地图设计人员提供一个标准化地图图面配置模板。     

公益性地图自适应快速制作技术

近年来，国家对测绘成果公益性地图快速保障服务工作的要求越来越高，表现为对高现势性、高质量、高效率、灵性化地理信息服务的需求越来越迫切，因此，研究公益性地图自适应快速制作技术也成为迫切要求。本文针对这一需求，基于公益性地图制作关键环节，根据制图范围和图幅尺寸等制图因子，确定比例尺和投影、版面和地图整饰、数据等地图自适应快速制作关键问题及其解决方法。     

基于ArcGIS平台制作矢量电子地图的方法探讨

电子地图的应用已日趋广泛,其制作方式得到了重视。本文从基础数据准备与处理、电子地图配图以及电子地图切图3个方面着手,探讨在ArcGIS 10.0平台下矢量电子地图的制作方法,并对其相关问题的解决方案进行了详细的阐述,以期为矢量电子地图的制作和更新提供相应的技术路线和解决相关问题的新思路。     

TIN-based Tag Map Layout

With the widespread use of tag clouds, multiple map-based variations have been proposed. Like standard tag clouds (also called word clouds), these ‘tag maps’ all share the basic strategy of displaying words within a ‘geographic space’ and scaling the word size to depict frequency (or importance) of those words within some dataset. While some tag maps simply plot a standard tag cloud on top of a map, the subset of tag maps we focus on here are those in which the collection of words are displayed within bounded geographic regions (often of irregular shape) that the words are relevant for. For this form of tag map, map scale and polygon shape add constraints to word size and position that have not been considered in most prior approaches to tag map word layout. In this paper, we present a layout strategy for tag map generation that includes consideration of the shape and size of the geographical regions acting as containers for the tags. The method introduced here uses a triangulated irregular network (TIN) to subdivide the geographical region into many triangle subareas, with the centroid of each triangle being a potential location to centre a tag on. All the triangles are sorted by their area and all the tags are sorted by their weight value (e.g. frequency, importance or popularity). Positioning of tags is undertaken sequentially from most important (or frequent or popular) with potential locations being the TIN triangle centroids (tried from largest to smallest triangle). After each tag placement, the TIN is recalculated to integrate the tag centroid and bounding corners into the TIN creation. The limited whitespace in the geographical region, at any specific scale, is used fully by dynamically adjusting the font size along with the number and the direction of tags. The method can be applied to add tags within geographic polygons that are convex, concave and other more complex regions containing holes or islands.     

基于核密度估计方法的地图色域分析

针对地图制图中色彩选择较为困难的问题,该文收集国内外优秀地图、地图集、著作等上成功的设色方案,提取大量地图色彩样本。利用核密度估计方法,分析各类地图的常用色域区间,作为地图配色时的基色调。根据大量的地图色彩样本,利用定量的数学方法以及数据挖掘方法,探索地图色域特征分布规律。最后以收集的人口地图和环保地图颜色样本为例进行实验分析,对比证明本文方法能够很好地缩小地图色域选择区间,方便制图者根据地图种类选择颜色。     

基于纸质地图的单像地形图快速数字修测系统

提出了一种基于纸质地形图的单像地形图数字修测方法,它能在不具有矢量地形图的地区,根据新摄取的航摄像片直接对原有的地形图分版图的扫描影像进行修测,然后用绘图输出修测后的像素地图,或用于ＧＩＳ中相应数据的更新。     

倾斜摄影技术在丘陵山区大比例尺测图中的应用

针对丘陵山区大比例尺测图应用的需求,本文探讨了如何通过倾斜摄影的技术方法获取高精度的影像模型。首先通过分析航线布设方法、控制点布设采集要点、空三数据处理关键点等,获取满足丘陵山区大比例尺测图应用的数据模型,基于数据模型获取大比例尺地形图数据;然后通过与实地测量数据进行精度对比分析获取试验结果,结果表明倾斜摄影技术不但能满足丘陵山区1：1000大比例尺测图的精度要求,而且大大提高了工作效率。     

基于OpenLayers的2.5D地图的路径规划实现

针对生活中常见的二维电子服务地图,本文探讨了运用于已知的路径数据接口在2.5D电子地图上来实现3种路径规划的WebGIS设计方案。该项目将基于开源的Openlayers JavaScript类库包,实现公交路线、自驾路线、步行路线的查询、显示、路线详细展示以及模拟实现导航功能。就实际研发过程中遇到的问题探讨解决方案,实现了基于OpenLayers的2.5D电子地图路径规划。     

Investigating Hologram-Based Route Planning

It is often assumed that three-dimensional topographic maps provide more effective route planning, navigation, orientation, and way-finding results than traditional two-dimensional representations. The research reported here investigates whether three-dimensional spatial mappings provide better support for route planning than two-dimensional representations. In a set of experiments performed as part of this research, human subjects were randomly shown either a two- or three-dimensional hologram of San Francisco and were asked to plan a bicycling route between an origin and a destination point. In a second task, participants used these holograms to identify the highest elevation point in the displayed area. The eye-movements of the participants, throughout the process of looking at the geospatial holograms and executing the tasks, were recorded. The eye-tracking metrics analysis indicates with a high statistical level of confidence that three-dimensional holographic maps enable more efficient route planning. In addition, the research group is developing a new algorithm to analyze the differences between participant-selected routes and a set of "good routes." The algorithm employs techniques used to represent the boundary of objects and methods for assessing the difference between objects in modern digital image recognition, image registration, and image alignment applications. The overall goal is to create a theoretical framework for investigating and quantifying route planning effectiveness.     

'Here is the Beech tree!' Understanding Tactile Maps in the Field

Abstract

This paper presents a successful approach to learning tactile map skills in the field. During a three-phase project, visually impaired primary school children explored a route between a field studies centre and the village church. The first stage involved using non-visual senses to discover specific landmarks and the character of the parkland surroundings. Secondly, the children made their own tactile sketch maps of the route, and discussed the choice of symbols for a vacuum formed tactile map of the study area. Finally, a more detailed exploration of the route was accomplished with the help of a tactile map that set the path in the context of its surroundings.     

一种网络地图风格化滤镜与中间件技术

为满足如今网络地图服务中多样化用户群对定制地图的个性化需求，弥补当前矢量绘图方法中制图表达与符号设计的局限性，本文提出了一种基于图像技术的地图风格化滤镜方法，通过图像处理管线实现用户个性化定制地图，同时该滤镜也可作为网络中间件服务于各商业地图。本文探讨了交互式地图风格化从预处理、风格化处理到输出存储的具体流程，并以水彩画风格地图的实现为例，验证了风格化滤镜对促进网络地图多样化设计的有效性。     

Follow the road: historical GIS for evaluating the development of routes in the Negev region during the twentieth century

ABSTRACT

At the beginning of the twentieth century, a British mapping team led by Captain S. F. Newcombe surveyed and mapped the Negev region, Sinai, and western Jordan. The map was mainly produced for military use. Consequently, it included a network of branched routes, water supplies and facilities, and topographic contours. This study used this map to examine the development of routes in the Negev region between the beginning of and until the end of the twentieth century. First, the individual sheets comprising the study area were pieced together and the accuracy of the map was evaluated. The accuracy found on the Newcombe map was 0.76 mm on the map scale, equivalent to 100.3 m. Route development during the twentieth century was then evaluated by comparing the routes digitized from the Newcombe map to digitized routes on a late twentieth-century map. The results do not reveal tremendous changes in path, shape, or number of routes. Instead, they merely indicate the natural development in their quality. This Historical GIS-based approach provided a useful technique for analyzing and comparing the line segments extracted from historical and modern maps. The implemented approach may also serve other geographical or historical studies aiming to examine the development of branched networks throughout history.     

从等值线图形获取DAT和GRD格式的数据文件

在盆地模拟研究工作中，需要处理大量的地质数据和地质图件，一方面，随时需要把各种数据变为可视的图形；另一方面，还时常需要从图形中得到研究中所必需的数据，例如，由构造图得到研究区域的深度数据文件。本文介绍一种从等值线图形获取DAT格式和网格化GRD格式的数据文件的方法。