Smart Cartographic Background Symbolization for Map Mashups in Geoportals: A Proof of Concept by Example of Landuse Representation

Geospatial data are now widely available to the general public thanks to geoportals and online mapping platforms. However, creating a map involves more than just combining data layers. Thus we develop cartographic functions for geoportals to support better visual hierarchy in user map mashups. This includes a couple of preparatory steps followed by a smart cartographic background symbolization derived from the original layer style. We evaluate different approaches to background symbolization: greyscale, desaturation, and smart background. The different background symbolization methods are analysed with two concrete map examples and evaluated with a survey. The smart background symbolization developed in this work improves the visual hierarchy of the map mashup by reducing the visual importance of the background layers.     

高职院校《地籍测量学》项目化教学的改革与思考

地籍测量学是工程测量技术专业的专业基础课,对于高职院校的学生来说,如何更快更熟练地掌握地籍测量的方法与技巧是非常重要的。本文通过理论与实践相结合的教学手段,针对高职院校的学生现状,应用项目化教学方法,把理论教学具体化、实践化,使学生更好地理解与吸收,提高教学效果。     

事物的演化机理与地图现势性的度量

物质世界的不同层次中的事物都具有随时间演化的特性。制图区域内事物的演化使制图区域在不同时刻有不同的状态。在t>t0时,依据制图物体从属于制图区域不同状态的条件,可定义现势地物、消亡地物和新生地物。根据拓朴映射原理,给出了地图符号的一般式,再根据制图对象的时态特征,定义了现势地图符号和失真地图符号。利用同一图上现势地图符号集和失真地图符号集互为补集的关系,提出了地图现势值公式,从而实现了地图现势性概念的定量刻划。由于本公式仅涉及失真符号的面积量算并对经验事实具有解释功能,因而有广阔的应用前景。     

Teaching Mapping for Digital Natives: New Pedagogical Ideas for Undergraduate Cartography Education

The current generation of US students engaging with cartography has always had some form of access to computing technologies. Further, this generation has always known a world with networked computer capabilities – the Internet and World Wide Web. Their experience of cartography is largely through fleeting representations shown on a variety of display screens, thereby encountering information differently than most of their instructors. Teaching cartography to these “digital natives” consequently challenges teachers to engage increasing levels of experience and knowledge of technology while assuring fundamental understanding of cartographic concepts and analysis techniques.

Although GIS is used in a vast range of fields, we believe many students are discouraged from programs and courses oriented towards educating cartographic specialists. However, general interest in mapping has never been as significant a part of American culture as it is today. In spite of accessible modes of digital mapping now widely available, introducing cartographic fundamentals retains great significance for undergraduate cartography education. In this paper we present a new pedagogical model for undergraduate cartography education that introduces students finding curiousity in mapping, but lacking desire to become cartographic specialists, to mapping. This model enables undergraduate students to learn fundamentals and begin to reflect critically on the concepts and techniques of modern cartography. Our example stems from a class that systematically addresses barriers to learning and mapping through active-learning based approaches in an interactive classroom. The active-learning approach involves significant engagements with the potentials and challenges of modern cartography in the information age by embracing inquiry-based pedagogical methods and learning with and about mapping.     

A framework for teaching the timeless way of mapmaking

There are now many opportunities to learn how to make maps through technical training with mapmaking tools, including geographic information systems and web-based mapping services. In cartographic education, two challenges with teaching through practice stem from the disruptive nature of mapmaking tools and the tradition of teaching cartographic principles by rule or convention. This article outlines a framework for a pattern language to organize and share practical information about principles for making maps. The article provides an example pattern for mapmaking and discusses how this framework addresses recurring problems with teaching through practice.     

示意性轨道交通地图设计的研究

示意性地图作为一种特殊的专题地图,较之传统专题地图,有着不同的制图法则和制图方法,目前,示意性地图的设计还缺乏充足的理论依据和技术支持,本文从图面、风格、符号等方面对示意性地图的设计进行了研究,提出了一些示意性地图综合的方法,最后将这些方法应用到一个实例之中。     

Gosper地图的非空间层次数据隐喻表达与分析

本文借助隐喻地图的思想,研究非空间层次数据的空间隐喻表达与分析,以地图视角对非空间数据进行空间化处理,将抽象数据具象化以降低认知负荷,对地图学相关方法进行综合运用以拓宽其应用外沿。结合制图学经典方法开展地图视觉设计,以自然地貌隐喻数据特征,针对层次数据结构特点,将LOD及Cartogram技术引入隐喻地图的表达分析中,对各层级数据特征进行有效凸显,达到通过地图研究其背后数据规律特征之目的。最后,将本研究提出的方法应用于真实文件层次数据,进行文件数量分布、大文件群落定位、文件纵深分析等试验。结果表明,本研究能够有效表达层次数据,并支持一定的地图分析及数据挖掘工作。     

增强地图服务,做大地理信息板块

回顾了北京市测绘设计研究院二十多年地理信息产业的发展历史,分析了所面临的机遇与挑战,认为空间数据的可视化输出-地图生产是地理信息产业的主要任务之一。搞好这项工作应建立GIS数据库到地图数据库的双向通道;扩展地图数据库的地图制图和桌面出版功能;编制好系列基础底图和社会公众普遍需要的普通地图、政区图、地名图、交通旅游图,逐步实现编制导航地图,争取导航电子地图资质;做好用户需求调查,编制若干专题地图产品;开发影像地图、三维地图、实景地图等地理信息新品种;跟踪国家开展的各类普查或调查项目,编制高科技含量的地图集。     

Chain-based polyline tessellation algorithm for cartographic rendering

ABSTRACT

Although the extrusion of 1D polylines into a 2D polygon and the tessellation of the polygon into primitives has been performed in the field of computer graphics, the efficient, robust, and high-quality tessellation of thick polylines that supports various cartographic styles for polyline rendering remains a practical challenge. We examined and compared existing vertex-, segment-, and polygon-based algorithms, and present a chain-based tessellation algorithm for cartographic rendering: points in the polyline are classified into abrupt and smooth points according to their point spacing, angle and thickness. The polylines are then divided into abrupt and smooth chains by clustering points that are adjacent and of the same type. An optimal algorithm is also presented to continuously tessellate the smooth chains into minimum geometric primitives and efficiently tessellate the abrupt chains into geometric primitives. We implemented the proposed algorithm and present the results of robustness, efficiency, quality, and cartographic styling tests conducted on real-world polylines. The results indicate that this approach has substantial advantages when considering all four requirements (robustness, efficiency, quality, and the support for various cartographic styles).     

测量平差课程教学改革探讨

测量平差课程作为测绘类本专科生的一门专业必修课程,只有通过教学改革,才能满足科学技术发展和社会对本学科提出的新要求。本文作者结合自身教学实践,从课程的教学体系、教学内容和方法、实践教学、如何培养学生科研能力等几个方面探讨了测量平差课程教学改革中的一些问题。     

心象地图在制图传输中的作用

制图传输是制图学的重要研究领域。本文从认知制图的角度,探讨了心象地图在制图传输中的作用;着重分析了心象地图和地图之间的内在联系,指出了人的认知制图能力的客观存在是制图传输得以进行的真正原因;在此基础上,提出了制图传输的扩展模式,增加了从读图者到次读图者之间的传输过程,并从内容和形式等方面分析了它的特殊性,以期完善制图传输模式。     

DEVELOPING THE CARTOGRAPHIC SKILLS OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS (Organization of laboratory work in the “Cartography” course)

The authors describe the content and objectives of laboratory work in the general cartography course at Moscow University. The course is taken by all third-semester geography students, with laboratory work designed to develop basic skills in mapping and map use rather than supply professional cartographic training. A lab syllabus, designed as a model for similar courses throughout the USSR, permits comparison of Soviet emphases with those prevailing in North American universities. Considerable attention is devoted to development of evaluative skills (selection of suitable projections, methods of presentation, etc.) and recognition of basic sources of cartographic information. Translated from: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, geografiya, 1984, No. 5, pp. 43-48.     

地图集认知功能设计实践——以《中国市售水果蔬菜农药残留水平地图集》为例

地图可视化设计常包含地图认知功能设计、信息传输功效设计、地图视觉效果设计。其中地图认知功能设计是地图集的设计中最基本且最重要的环节。在此环节中,原始数据经过数据形态分析、数据处理与转化、制图模型的建立等过程,形成制图数据以及地图集的内容体系结构。本文以《中国市售水果蔬菜农药残留水平地图集》的设计为例,展示了地图集的地图认知功能设计过程。这个过程体现了地图信息论、地图模型论和地图空间认知论的思想,蕴含了地图的思想美、科学美、技术美和功能美。     

How to Enhance Cartographic Visualisations of Natural Hazards Assessment Results

Abstract

Cartographic visualisations are important tools for the communication of hazard related data among stakeholders. Although these representations are essential for various hazard management tasks, an analysis of existing hazard visualisations showed that they often disregard cartographic principles. This leads to confusion on the part of users through poor representations and consequently to an impairment of the information flow. The objective of this research is to offer suggestions for enhanced hazard visualisations to facilitate hazard management tasks and decision making. Existing cartographic shortcomings are identified based on an extensive analysis of hazard visualisations and an expert survey. These shortcomings are discussed and improvements for important cartographic elements are presented.     

高校GIS专业遥感类课程教学改革探索

阐述了遥感课程的特色及国内开设现状,对该课程的教学改革提出了一些建议。认为学习课程之前需要适当增加相关基础课程;课程体系需要进行优化,各门遥感课程要合理安排教学次序,选择合适的配套教材;注重补充学科前沿知识,扩充学生视野;教学方式需要以形象化教学为主,启发学生创造性思维,提高学生实践能力。     

Bertin’s matrix concepts reconsidered: transformations of semantics and semiotics to support geovisualization use

A system for managing and visualizing archaeological finds and their spatio-temporal properties is presented. The system is an attempt to combine archaeologists' interest to keep track of time with interests related to the representation and visualization of the spatio-temporal component of archaeological excavations, with the help of cartographic and GIS methods and techniques. Several parameters of a prehistoric excavation such as finds, their thematic characteristics, and their spatio-temporal distributions are examined. A three-dimensional GIS/cartographic environment and its user interface to the excavation database have been developed as a tool for enhancing archaeological interpretation in an exploratory environment. The development of the system is an ongoing task; the article describes its current use as a prototype.     

地图学四面体--数字化时代地图学的诠释

传统地图学研究3个关系:实地-地图,读者-地图,读者-实地.这个学科的框架可以称为"地图学三角形".对这三种关系的研究随学科和行业的不同而各有侧重.数字地图的出现扩大了传统地图学的视野和服务面.现代地图学需要面对6个关系的探讨.除了上述3个关系外,还要增加数字地图-地图,数字地图-实地,数字地图-读者3个关系.新的学科框架变成了"地图学四面体".从"三角形"到"四面体"反映了信息时代地图学的发展与变革.地图学的存在取决于人类对地图永恒的需求和地图本身的科学价值.     

以直角方式转折的面状要素图形简化方法

讨论了面状要素图形轮廓简化的一些规则以及面的空间知识获取方法,结合以直角方式转折的面状要素图形轮廓的特点,重点讨论了其图形渐进式简化方法。     

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The process of reading a topographic map requires users to recognize and learn the cartographic symbols of the key (or legend) while interpreting the territory as depicted on the map at a given level of abstraction (the form and nature of features, their saliency and relationships). We present the results of an empirical user study that aims to identify and assess the main graphical characteristics that are used by map users to recognize the design principles which constitute the topographic mapping style adopted by IGN (Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière), France. Our results suggest that 91% of the participants were able to recognize an IGN-France topographic map amongst other topographic map products. We also determine which graphical characteristics play a role in the recognition of this cartographic style, either by visual memory or by visual perception, and identify the representation of relief, including contour lines and shaded relief, as one of the major graphical characteristics of the topographic mapping style of IGN-France. Moreover, the participants of our study considered the representation of touristic POI (points of interest), toponymy, typography, the main roads network, the individual buildings and the forests, to be essential for stylistic recognition.     

LOD技术与制图综合在多尺度地图适时显示中的应用研究

多尺度地图适时显示是电子地图可视化过程中的瓶颈问题,在这一领域人们已经探索出不少行之有效的方法。本文将一种三维场景复杂程度控制技术———LOD技术,结合传统的制图综合技术,用于电子地图可视化。通过对地理要素分类建立LOD模型,其中地理要素的分类方法,以及LOD层次参数的设定,综合算法的选取等提出一些理论依据,旨在为电子地图可视化提供一个标准和数学依据。并已通过《深圳市龙岗电子地图集》制作项目的实践,初步实践了这一技术结合。