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We consider the problem of recognizing line drawings like cadastral maps or technical drawings. We examine the vectorization (raster-to-vector process) of systems for solving this type of recognition problem and propose a solution that identifies and localizes graphical primitives. We claim that geometric constraints should be brought into the vectorization process and we give details on how we combine the vectorization and a constraint fitting for graphical primitives.
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Röösli, M., Monagan, G. (1996). Adding geometric constraints to the vectorization of line drawings. In: Kasturi, R., Tombre, K. (eds) Graphics Recognition Methods and Applications. GREC 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1072. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61226-2_5
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