A Hierarchical Approach to Measuring the Information Content of the Contours in a Map

Taking a typical map,contour map as example,a methodology is developed for measuring the information content of the contours in a map in a hierarchy.Existing methods of measuring the information content of a map are first summarized,which are almost based on Shannon information theory.Then the sourc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: LIU Huimin, FAN Zide, DENG Min, XU Zhen
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Surveying and Mapping Press 2016-02-01
Series:Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica
Subjects:
map
Online Access:http://xb.sinomaps.com:8081/Jwk_chxb/CN/abstract/abstract5197.shtml