Cartographic Generalization: a Review of Feature Simplification and Systematic Point Elimination Algorithms.

摘要

This report does not contain an exhaustive list of definitions, but it does indicate the prevailing attitudes of some of the most prominent theorists in geography and cartography. Terms such as 'selection,' 'simplification,' 'map purpose,' and 'subjectivity' are often used in describing the generalization process. These terms will be discussed later in this paper. For, as there are many definitions of cartographic generalization, so are there many approaches to the nature of its practice.