The application of interactive graphics and pattern recognition to the reduction of map outlines

Techniques from interactive graphics and pattern recognition are applied to the problem of reducing map outlines. Since the resulting generalized outlines are intended for use in interactive graphics systems their data content should be considerably less than that of the original lines. Also it is u...

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Main Author: Clement, Andrew
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33113