Download or read book An Optimization-Based Approach for Continuous Map Generalization written by Dongliang Peng and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps are the main tool to represent geographical information. Users often zoom in and out to access maps at different scales. Continuous map generalization tries to make the changes between different scales smooth, which is essential to provide users with comfortable zooming experience. In order to achieve continuous map generalization with high quality, we optimize some important aspects of maps. In this book, we have used optimization in the generalization of land-cover areas, administrative boundaries, buildings, and coastlines. According to our experiments, continuous map generalization indeed benefits from optimization.