O. R. Musin, A. U. Ukhalov, H. Edelsbrunner, O. P. Yakimova, “Fractal and Computational Geometry for Generalizing Cartographic Objects”, Model. Anal. Inform. Sist., 2012, Volume 19, Number 6,Pages <nobr>152

Fractal and Computational Geometry for Generalizing Cartographic Objects

O. R. Musin^a, A. U. Ukhalov^b, H. Edelsbrunner^c, O. P. Yakimova^b

^a The University of Texas at Brownsville, Texas, USA
^b P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University
^c Institute of Science and Technology, Klosterneuburg, Austria

Abstract: We present an algorithm for simplifying linear cartographic objects and results obtained with a computer program implementing this algorithm.

Keywords: cartographic generalization, segmentation, curvature, fractal dimension.

UDC: 517.51+514.17

Received: 12.09.2012