The development of phenomenological generalization within an object-oriented paradigm

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-80

  Ormsby, Daniel ^a   Mackaness, William ^b  

^a Laser Scan Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Automated cartography; Geometric generalization; Inter object generalization; Object orientated methodology; Phenomenological modeling; Semantic generalization

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; MAP GENERALIZATION;

EID: 0033067089     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304099782424910     Document Type: Article

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