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：2007
卷号：XXXVI-2/C43
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Different methods for map generalization have been developed. However, there are only a few publications that discuss the automatic quality assessment of generalized maps. This problem becomes crucial when the usefulness of a map has to be evaluated or different methods need to be compared, e.g. to find the best algorithm for a specific application. In this paper we present a new approach for the quality assessment of generalized polygons. In particular the simplification of buildings and the generalization of polygons that represent land use in a topographic database are discussed. Our approach distinguishes between two aims of generalization: Reducing the amount of data and keeping the map similar to the input map. A measure of quality that defines a compromise between these conflicting objectives is introduced. The proposed method was tested for a German cadastral data set and the official German topographic database ATKIS
关键词：generalization; polygon; data quality assessment
