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TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURING OF RASTER-SCANNED LINE MAP DATA.

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Abstract

The U. S. Geological Survey has a requirement for the collection of large amounts of digital map data from existing graphic map separates. Prototype production techniques have been developed to capture line data from the map separates using a raster-scanning input device. After minimal editing in raster form, the data are converted to 'unstructured' vector form. In order to be processed further, the line data must be topologically structured (nodes identified and start-node, end-node, area-left, and area-right tags associated with each line-segment chain). This paper describes the techniques which have been developed at the U. S. Geological Survey to topologically structure the raster-scanned line map data.
Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURING OF RASTER-SCANNED LINE MAP DATA.
Year Published 1984
Language English
Publisher American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Publisher location Falls Church, VA, USA
Larger Work Title Technical Papers of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
First page 264
Last page 272
Conference Title Technical Papers of the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.
Conference Location Washington, DC, USA
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