Collaborative Generalisation: Formalisation of Generalisation Knowledge to Orchestrate Different Cartographic Generalisation Processes

Guillaume Touya (1) , Cécile Duchêne (1) , Anne Ruas (2, 1)

1 COGIT - Conception Objet et Généralisation de l'Information Topographique
2 IFSTTAR/COSYS/LISIS - Laboratoire Instrumentation, Simulation et Informatique Scientifique

Cartographic generalisation seeks to summarise geographical information from a geographic database to produce a less detailed and readable map. This paper deals with the problem of making different automatic generalisation processes collaborate to generalise a complete map. A model to orchestrate the generalisation of different areas (cities, countryside, mountains) by different adapted processes is proposed. It is based on the formalisation of cartographic knowledge and specifications into constraints and rules sets while processes are described to formalise their capabilities. The formalised knowledge relies on generalisation domain ontology. For each available generalisation process, the formalised knowledge is then translated into process parameters by an adapted translator component. The translators allow interoperable triggers and allow the choice of the proper process to apply on each part of the space. Applications with real processes illustrate the usability of the proposed model.

Mots clés: interoperability; ontology; constraints; cartographic generalisation

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Guillaume Touya, Cécile Duchêne, Anne Ruas. Collaborative Generalisation: Formalisation of Generalisation Knowledge to Orchestrate Different Cartographic Generalisation Processes. GIScience 2010, Sep 2010, Zurich, Switzerland. pp.264-278, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-15300-6_19⟩. ⟨hal-02303196⟩