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Development of Generation System of Simplified Digital Maps

Keiichi UCHIMURA, Masato KAWANO, Hiroki TOKITSU, Zhencheng HU

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In recent years, digital maps have been used in a variety of scenarios, including car navigation systems and map information services over the Internet. These digital maps are formed by multiple layers of maps of different scales; the map data most suitable for the specific situation are used. Currently, the production of map data of different scales is done by hand due to constraints related to processing time and accuracy. We conducted research concerning technologies for automatic generation of simplified map data from detailed map data. In the present paper, the authors propose the following: (1) a method to transform data related to streets, rivers, etc. containing widths into line data, (2) a method to eliminate the component points of the data, and (3) a method to eliminate data that lie below a certain threshold. In addition, in order to evaluate the proposed method, a user survey was conducted; in this survey we compared maps generated using the proposed method with the commercially available maps. From the viewpoint of the amount of data reduction and processing time, and on the basis of the results of the survey, we confirmed the effectiveness of the automatic generation of simplified maps using the proposed methods.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals Vol.E93-A No.4 pp.700-710
Publication Date
2010/04/01
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Online ISSN
1745-1337
DOI
10.1587/transfun.E93.A.700
Type of Manuscript
Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Intelligent Transport Systems)
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