Information Theory of Cartography: An Information-theoretic Framework for Cartographic Communication
Map is one of the communication means created by human being. Cartographers have been making efforts on the comparison of maps to natural languages so as to establish a “cartographic language” or “map language”. One of such efforts is to adopt the Shannon’s Information Theory originated in digital c...
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| Language: | English |
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Surveying and Mapping Press
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science |
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| Online Access: | http://jggs.sinomaps.com/fileup/2096-5990/PDF/1617703602428-1633737378.pdf |