期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2010
卷号：XXXVIII Part 4
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：The democratization of mapping represents a positive trend for society, however within this movement, little focus to cartographic qualityhas been paid. The result is often poorly presented maps which fail to convey the information intended. Software packages offer very little,if any, guidance to the user when it comes to offering cartographic assistance such as symbolization recommendations. Additionally, usersoften do not read software manuals, and, instead, opt to solve the problem by trial and error or ask an available expert. The combination ofscarce cartographic documentation and the resistance of users to use documentation present an opportunity for expert systems to providebetter assistance through a non-passive help system. The paper presents the development of ontologies and their potential contribution tothe construction and successful execution of an expert system. Traditionally, expert systems learned the situation through a dialog with theuser after which it would infer an expert answer. A problem with this model is that if the users do not have sufficient knowledge ofcartography to answer these questions, the expert system will be less effective at helping. If the expert system can understand the situationwithout querying the user, it can make proactive inferences, thus, reducing the burden on the user and reducing the amount of time spentinteracting with the expert system. To effectively replace user input to an expert system, it must be able to understand the concept of amap. The construction of an ontology will provide this understanding
