GIS and Generalisation : Methodology and Practice 
Subtitle: GIS1
Contributors: Jean-Claude Muller (Editor); J-P Lagrange (Editor); R Weibel (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: May 1995
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780748403189
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computer modelling & simulation; Geographical information systems (GIS); Remote sensing; General; Information Systems (Geography); Travel - General; Science/Mathematics; Geographic information systems; Earth Sciences - Geography; Technology / Imaging Systems; Cartography; Congresses; Data processing
First sentence: This chapter intends to provoke discussions and reactions on a number of items relevant to GIS data visualization at multiple levels of scale (the ratio between the size of an object on the map and its real size on the ground) and resolution (the smallest object which can be represented on the map).