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Map Specifications and User Requirements

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In traditional generalisation flow lines, the target map is specified upstream, manually, by cartographers and is intended to answer generic, well-identified user needs. In the emerging context of on-demand mapping, maps have to be derived automatically for users whose requirements are not known in advance, and who may need to integrate their own data. The definition of suitable target map specifications thus becomes part of the service, which raises challenges that are explored in this chapter. The first challenge is to set up a formal map specifications model, rich enough to guide the whole map derivation process. The second challenge is to collect requirements and to assist the user, who is not supposed to be a map designer, in the specification of a map usable for their task and one that respects cartographic standards.

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  1. Ordnance Survey Great Britain, Southampton, UK

    Sandrine Balley & Nicolas Regnauld

  2. Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    Blanca Baella & Maria Pla

  3. Laboratoire COGIT, IGN, Saint-Mandé, France

    Sidonie Christophe

  4. Delft University of Technology and Kadaster NL, Delft, The Netherlands

    Jantien Stoter

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Balley, S., Baella, B., Christophe, S., Pla, M., Regnauld, N., Stoter, J. (2014). Map Specifications and User Requirements. In: Burghardt, D., Duchêne, C., Mackaness, W. (eds) Abstracting Geographic Information in a Data Rich World. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00203-3_2

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