GIS And Generalisation
Subtitle: Methodology And Practice (Gisdata, No 1)
Publisher: CRC
Published: April 20, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780748403196
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computer modelling & simulation; Geographical information systems (GIS); Remote Sensing; Science/Mathematics; General; Travel - General; Technology / Remote Sensing; Data processing; Travel; Cartography; Congresses; Geographic information systems
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).