An Empirical Analysis of the Design Principles for Quantitative and Qualitative Area Symbols

To test the appropriateness of area symbol design principles, this study examined eye fixations on maps that varied in three areas: quantitative or qualitative information, conventional or unconventional design, and chromatic or achromatic presentation. The conventional design of associating darker symbols with greater magnitudes on quantitative maps led to shorter fixation on the map legend, and better performance on the overall map-distribution questions from a memory questionnaire given after the maps were viewed. In contrast, the convention of using pattern or hue symbols on qualitative maps resulted in longer fixation on the map body, and poor performance on the overall map-distribution questions. Some evidence of sex difference was also reported.     

Exploration of Information Theoretic Arguments for the Limited Amount of Information in a Map

From the application of information theory capacity limits of maps are derived and some cartographic rules are formulated—based on theoretical models and perception studies. The perception study shows that for a relief map with coloured height intervals the channel capacity, as defined in information theory, is reached at seven～eight height classes. Generally, the length of a visual variable may be characterized by the channel capacity of the map. This theoretical study shows how increased attention should be paid to perceptual separation as the number of categories increases. The requirement becomes more and more crucial as the number of categories exceeds five. The principle of group visibility is formulated and demonstrated. Group visibility considers the visibility of groups of map features and may be utilized in a visual search for geographical patterns. The quantitative measures presented offers computational methods to control group visibility for example in an interactive visualization system.     

地方独立坐标系采用抵偿高程面的任意带高斯投影的分析

以某城市扩建后区域为例,较详细地论述了城市扩建后区域测量中应考虑的变形因素,以及解决变形的办法,详细地叙述了建立地方独立坐标系的原因及建立地方独立坐标系方法的选择。     

抵偿高程面任意带高斯投影坐标系统的变形分析及应用

对投影变形问题进行了分析,结合实例,探讨了抵偿高程面任意带高斯投影对控制投影变形的实用性。     

简单多边形顶点凹凸性判断算法综述

简单多边形顶点凹凸性判断算法种类繁多,在模式识别及计算机图形学等领域具有重要应用.为了研究不同种类算法的内在联系与区别,以便在实际应用中根据情况选择合适的算法,分析了目前较为流行的角度法、左右点法、矢量面积法、向量积法、射线法、斜率法和极点顺序法等算法.经过详细的推导论证发现,这些算法都可以使用公式b=p*m来表示,且...