Web环境下SVG地图浏览器的设计与实现

SVG是近年来发展起来的基于XML的用于描述矢量图形、图像的标准规范，该规范的制定对网上矢量地图数据的共享具有十分重要的意义，基于SVG的矢量地图十分有利于地理空间数据的传播。文中首先分析了目前Web环境下矢量地图发布存在的问题，之后介绍了SVG的有关情况，最后基于Adobe的SVG Vie—wer2．0设计并实现了一个SVG地图浏览器，着重研究了3个问题，即矢量地图数据在SVG文档中的组织与编码，地图浏览器界面的设计以及若干地图操作功能的实现。     

专题地图的生产制作

介绍使用计算机制作专题地图的工艺流程,及计算机制图在印刷前的生产制作的工作步骤和方法,指出了在制作中需要注意的事项,对出版高质量的地图在各环节如何加以控制提出了建议。     

PowerBuilder中MapInfo的跨平台集成地图技术的实现

随着地理信息系统的广泛应用,越来越多的大型系统中都需要集成地图的某些功能,为此探讨了在PowerBuilder中MapInfo的跨平台集成地图技术的实现。     

Point set generalization based on the Kohonen Net

Point set generalization is one of the essential problems in map generalization. On the demands analysis of point set generalization, this paper proposes a method to generalize point sets based on the Kohonen Net model; the standard SOM algorithm has been improved so as to preserve the spatial distribution properties of the original point set. Examples illustrate that this method suits the generalization of point sets.     

公开版地图符号的标准化研究

以公开版地图符号和表示方法的多样性为研究对象,结合公开版地图的应用需求,提出公开版地图符号标准化研究的基本原则、符号标准的设计流程、标准化符号的发布应用等整体思路,对增强公开版地图的系统性、易读性、美观性,提高公开版地图的制作效率具有很强的现实意义。     

一等水准点之记标准化与规范化研究

为保证一等水准点之记精度与质量,提高测绘人员野外工作效率,对目前的一等水准点之记进行了探讨与分析,指出了其详细位置图与点位,详细说明表达、标石断面图绘制和经纬度书写及交通路线描述中存在的缺点,并基于此提出了若干改进意见,这在一定程度上促进了一等水准点之记信息的标准化与规范化。     

旅游区划分在省级旅游地图中的应用实践

旅游地图是旅游业与旅游者认识空间的重要工具。随着旅游业的兴旺,旅游人口不断增加,旅游者的文化素质也在不断的提升,需要有更好品质的地图以满足其日益增长的需要,旅游地图的编制面临着空前的挑战。本文以黑龙江省旅游地图为例,根据省级旅游地图表示内容要求和设计中存在的问题,通过对旅游区的定义、划分原则和黑龙江省旅游图中的划分实践,为省级旅游图设计提供一个新的思路。     

Measurement of similarity for spatial directions between areal objects

Similarity for spatial directions plays an important role in GIS. In this paper, the conventional approaches are analyzed. Based on raster data areal objects, the authors propose two new methods for measuring similarity among spatial directions. One is to measure the similarity among spatial directions based on the features of raster data and the changes of distances between spatial objects, the other is to measure the similarity among spatial directions according to the variation of each raster cell centroid angle. The two methods overcome the complexity of measuring similarity among spatial directions with direction matrix model and solve the limitation of small changes in direction. The two methods are simple and have broader applicability.     

The design and composition of persuasive maps

Persuasive maps are ubiquitous in society, yet cartographers have largely neglected to conduct serious, holistic research on them. Persuasive maps represent a form of visual communication that differs markedly from scientific geovisualization. First, many of these maps' communicative goals are anathema to those of scientific representation. Second, many persuasive maps ignore and defy established cartographic conventions. This article argues two things. First, the cartographic discipline can gain insight about how maps communicate information from the longitudinal and holistic analysis of persuasive maps. By comparing the differences and similarities of persuasive maps to scientific geovisualizations, researchers can begin to understand how persuasive maps communicate differently than scientific ones. Second, breaking persuasive maps down into composite parts may make it possible to identify persuasive map norms (i.e., methods of design that are embraced by producers of persuasive maps). The results of a content analysis of 256 persuasive maps are discussed. The article concludes that it may be possible to take the most statistically significant results from this study to begin identifying different rhetorical styles of persuasive maps.     

Harveys and Walking Maps

Abstract

Geographical information is connected to everyday life in many ways. Web cartography has made geospatial data more available to the public. In the next few years, the average age of the population will be over 51 years, with more than 15% of the population over the age of 65 years. The fact that the senior population is increasing suggests that online mapping and map viewer design should be aware of the senior population’s visual restrictions, as well as restrictions of other potential map users, including colour-vision-impaired users. This paper describes the senior population’s visual restrictions that can be compared with colour-vision-impaired users and provides guidelines with regard to online mapping and map viewer design for this growing segment of the elderly population.