古地图与现代空间数据的河道变迁研究——以清代潇河为例

潇河是汾河的第二大支流,清代河道变迁频繁.本文利用清代山西地方志中的舆地图和现代空间数据,结合历史文献记载与实地考察,研究了潇河河道变迁最为剧烈的时期--清代近300年间的变迁过程,复原了不同时段的面貌,并对变迁原因进行了分析.认为在气候变干的大背景下,河道变迁的原因主要有两个:一是潇河及其支流泥沙含量大,造成旧河道的...     

Applying GPR-amplitude wave maps and Am-scans as a semi-quantitative approach to the internal structure of sediments

In this work we analyse the applicability of amplitude grid maps to the routine of geological surveys by means of GPR (ground penetrating radar). Although amplitude grid maps have been commonly used in archaeological surveys, their use in geological prospecting (including the detection of voids and determination of the internal geometry of sedimentary bodies) is not widespread. The direct analysis of GPR-profiles permits the analysis of geometrical features and other qualitative aspects that can be related to changes in EM properties. Aspects such as changes in the density of the banded disposition in radargrams, loss of reflector definition or higher scattering in particular zones of the profiles can give useful, though non-quantitative, information. The GPR wave-amplitude is a qualitative measurement of magnetic properties that can be processed as a semi-quantitative layout. The main differences observed in changing wave amplitude are related to the surveyed materials and their geometry. These changes produce variations in the relative wave amplitude or vertical wave-phase changes related to differences in the propagation velocity, the attenuation factor, the reflectivity and the geometry of the materials. Maps based on the lateral correlation between profiles (C-scans) or the lateral correlation of wave amplitudes along the same profile (as a tomography or Am-scans) permit the analysis of these changes. Variations in amplitude grid maps or Am-scans are related to (i) geometrical changes of surveyed materials, (ii) changes in the dielectric constant, and (iii) changes in the potential penetration depth (higher attenuation in particular zones of a profile) than can be correlated to the type, state or clay content of subsoil materials. Direct analysis of exposures helps to constrain interpretation using the geometrical features in radargrams resulting from the geological structure. In the same way, analysis of geometrical features in radargrams, together with time-slices of C-scans, can be used to determine the areal distribution of changes in the subsoil and approach the changes in EM properties. An example with parallel profiles and different devices, constrained by means a broadband multifrequency EM survey is shown.     

"电纸"服务平台的研制

从GIS平民化服务的角度,研制一种"电纸平台",即把纸质地图和电子地图的展现方式融为一体,使其优势互补,在老百姓应用和享受地理信息成果时,既能像纸质地图一样,一目了然,使用方便,又能具有电子地图海量数据库的支持,灵活方便展现、更新和网络化操作.     

基于MSORQ-Tree的三维景观地图表示

针对WebGIS多尺寸三维景观地图数据处理问题,提出了一种高速数据索引结构MSORQ-Tree。根据该索引的算法,得出移动WebGIS景观图,将该索引和其他索引进行性能比较。结果显示,基于金字塔分割规则的区域,进行分割四叉树所获取的MSORQ-Tree高速索引可有效处理WebGIS中海量景观地图数据。     

Change detection on LOD 2 building models with very high resolution spaceborne stereo imagery

Due to the fast development of the urban environment, the need for efficient maintenance and updating of 3D building models is ever increasing. Change detection is an essential step to spot the changed area for data (map/3D models) updating and urban monitoring. Traditional methods based on 2D images are no longer suitable for change detection in building scale, owing to the increased spectral variability of the building roofs and larger perspective distortion of the very high resolution (VHR) imagery. Change detection in 3D is increasingly being investigated using airborne laser scanning data or matched Digital Surface Models (DSM), but rare study has been conducted regarding to change detection on 3D city models with VHR images, which is more informative but meanwhile more complicated. This is due to the fact that the 3D models are abstracted geometric representation of the urban reality, while the VHR images record everything. In this paper, a novel method is proposed to detect changes directly on LOD (Level of Detail) 2 building models with VHR spaceborne stereo images from a different date, with particular focus on addressing the special characteristics of the 3D models. In the first step, the 3D building models are projected onto a raster grid, encoded with building object, terrain object, and planar faces. The DSM is extracted from the stereo imagery by hierarchical semi-global matching (SGM). In the second step, a multi-channel change indicator is extracted between the 3D models and stereo images, considering the inherent geometric consistency (IGC), height difference, and texture similarity for each planar face. Each channel of the indicator is then clustered with the Self-organizing Map (SOM), with “change”, “non-change” and “uncertain change” status labeled through a voting strategy. The “uncertain changes” are then determined with a Markov Random Field (MRF) analysis considering the geometric relationship between faces. In the third step, buildings are extracted combining the multispectral images and the DSM by morphological operators, and the new buildings are determined by excluding the verified unchanged buildings from the second step. Both the synthetic experiment with Worldview-2 stereo imagery and the real experiment with IKONOS stereo imagery are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. It is shown that the proposed method can be applied as an effective way to monitoring the building changes, as well as updating 3D models from one epoch to the other.     

环境空气质量系列专题地图制图方法研究

环境与发展是当今世界共同关注的重大问题。目前我国经济正处于高速发展时期,随着经济社会的快速发展和城镇一体化进程的加快,空气污染问题日趋严重,对人体健康造成很大伤害,因此环境保护的重要性日益突出。本文通过建立环境质量空间数据库,利用地理信息软件ArcGIS为基础平台,将环境空气质量监测数据与地理空间位置进行地理匹配,利用地理信息可视化技术,实现环境空气质量监测数据中各主要空气污染物的浓度时间分布的可视化表达,制作环境空气质量专题地图,有助于有效地从海量监测数据中发现有价值的信息,为环境保护部门提供决策参考依据。     

General Principles for Automated Generation of Schematic Network Maps

Usually, a street map contains various types of detailed information and appears to be crowded. As a result, to many users, a street map looks complicated and is not easy to read and follow. In fact, to a certain degree, too much detail makes the map uninformative and noisy. The London tube map, called a schematic or topological map in some literature, has often been cited as an excellent example of a simplified map. Algorithms have been developed by researchers to automate the generation of schematic maps for road networks. However, it is found that there is still a lack of defined general principles and here four general principles have been formulated for schematisation – the Principle of the Preservation of the Topological Relationship; the Principle of the Preservation of the Main Structure of the Line Network; the Principle of Relativity in Position; and the Principle of Relativity in Length. The first two are the principles of preservation: these two should never be violated. The last two are principles of relativity: it is very desirable to keep these two intact unless there is an absolute need to violate them.     

Influential Visual Design Parameters on TV Weather Maps

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Information transformation on television weather maps (TVWMs) is influenced by visual elements for a broad range of viewers. This research emphasizes the cartographic aspects of TVWMs through evaluating their visual variables. Currently defined visual variables including basic, dynamic and motion variables are investigated and some suggestions are made to improve their application on TVWMs. The rates of the represented visual information within different frames and the related standard deviation are proposed as measures to improve the performance of the ‘duration’ dynamic variable. The concept of ‘visual expressions’ is introduced, and their applications at the organisational level of map design are discussed. Such expressions (including background, boundary, spatial order, zoom and overview maps) are examined as tools for ‘user orientation’ in particular, and their role as dominant parameters in TVWMs’ cartographic communication is considered. Their incorporation in TVWMs of a number of global news channels is evaluated. Firstly, the concepts of visual design parameters are utilized as a foundation for an analytical evaluation, then an empirical evaluation is carried out based on a statistical investigation of a sample of TV viewers. The resulting ranking order and correlation coefficients for each of the elements shows a firm agreement, corroborating views on the importance and proficiency of the visual elements in communicating weather information. As a result, TVWMs of well-known global TV channels (BBC, Euronews, France24, PressTV) are ranked with respect to the effectiveness of their designs.     

Retrieving Hierarchical Information from Maps: The Role of Metric and Configurational Variables

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One of the most important challenges for cartographers is to be able to transmit information appearing in maps in a simple manner to users. The commonest strategy to do so consists in displaying visual information in a hierarchical way, that is, making it some elements to appear as being more important than others. Nevertheless, recent research has shown that people also pay attention to configurational information, or information about relationships among elements appearing in a map, to retrieve hierarchical information of it. This is the topic of this paper. It aims to investigate the role of metric and configurational information in enabling people to retrieve hierarchical information from maps. The main problem consisted in identifying ‘the main street’ of different layouts whose paths were sometimes widened to make them appear more important. The main findings show that people retrieved hierarchical information by paying attention to a combination of metric and configurational factors.

One of the main challenges that cartographers face is to transmit information in a way that is simple to understand for everyone. The most frequent strategy for this is to display the information in a hierarchical way; that is, by exaggerating the size or width of specific elements and thus assigning them a greater degree of importance. Nevertheless, recent research has shown that when reading maps, people also read configurational information. This is the topic of this paper. It aims to investigate the role of metric and configurational information in enabling people to retrieve hierarchical information from maps. For this, a set of exercises was designed and carried out where people were asked to identify the main street of different specially designed layouts. The main findings show that people retrieved hierarchical information by paying attention to a combination of metric and configurational factors.     

How to Enhance Cartographic Visualisations of Natural Hazards Assessment Results

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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.