Design Considerations in the Development of an Automated Cartographic System
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| Title: | Design Considerations in the Development of an Automated Cartographic System |
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| Authors: | Holden, Robert L. |
| Committee Members: | Myler, Harley R.; Myler, Harley R., 1953- [VIAF] Myler, Harley R., 1953- [LC]University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [VIAF]University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [LC] |
| Summary: | Cartography, the art of producing maps, is an extremely tedious job which is prone to human error and requires many hours for the completion of maps and their digital data bases. Cartography is a classic example of a job that needs to be automated. Through the new advances in image processing and pattern recognition, the automation of this task is made possible with the cartographer acting as a supervisor. This paper reviews current cartographic techniques, and examines design considerations for a fully automated cartographic system. The benefits of such a system would be improvements in speed, flexibility, and accuracy. The role of the cartographer, with such a system, would change to a process supervisor rather than that of a mass data entry. |
| URL: | https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/4935 |
| Database: | OpenDissertations |
| Abstract: | Cartography, the art of producing maps, is an extremely tedious job which is prone to human error and requires many hours for the completion of maps and their digital data bases. Cartography is a classic example of a job that needs to be automated. Through the new advances in image processing and pattern recognition, the automation of this task is made possible with the cartographer acting as a supervisor. This paper reviews current cartographic techniques, and examines design considerations for a fully automated cartographic system. The benefits of such a system would be improvements in speed, flexibility, and accuracy. The role of the cartographer, with such a system, would change to a process supervisor rather than that of a mass data entry. |
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