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标题：Performance of Map Symbol and Label Design with Format And Display Resolution Options Through Scale for the National Map
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作者：Cynthia Brewer ; C.L. Hanchett ; Barbara P. Buttenfield 等
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：2010
卷号：XXXVIII Part 4
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Symbol and label design for U.S. topographic mapping using data from The National Map has been progressing, partly in support ofresearch by Buttenfield and Stanislawski on hydrographic generalization, and is sponsored by CEGIS, the USGS Center ofExcellence for Geospatial Information Science. The work also seeks to make the best use of GIS for map design that requires nohand-work to make custom adjustments for readable displays. Users of electronic topographic map products may use U.S.topographic maps in multiple media, so the robustness of the designs will be tested across varied landscape regimes and throughscale. Maps from hydrographic subbasins in Missouri, West Virginia, Florida-Georgia, Colorado, Utah, Texas, and urban areas ofSaint Louis, and Atlanta are evaluated at six scales from 1:24,000 to 1:1,000,000. Map segments for the evaluation are selected tocover a wide sampling of symbol combinations and labeling challenges. Maps are examined on-screen in ArcGIS (MXD) and as aPDF export on-screen. Onscreen views are examined at 96 ppi, common for Windows desktop computer screens, and 130 ppi,representing the higher resolution that laptop computer screens offer. The goal of the work is to systematically refine the mapsymbols and labels so the resulting map performs well in all of these forms through all scales
关键词：Map Design; Topographic Mapping; Multiscale; Multiresolution; The National Map