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Neighborhood-Based Variable-Scale Model in Mobile Maps

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Foundations and Practical Applications of Cognitive Systems and Information Processing

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Abstract

Mobile maps, which integrates mobile positioning, mobile computing, and mobile communication technologies, differ from desktop and Web maps. Due to their small sizes, maintaining good legibility in mobile maps is very challenging. The variable-scale map model can be used in mobile maps to improve their legibility. Current variable-scale models often require human expertise to select appropriate parameters or models for generating variable-scale maps. However, these models ignore the effect of uneven distribution of spatial objects in map views. In this paper, a variable-scale model based on neighborhood is proposed, which selects the user’s focus region based on the neighborhood, identifies the focus region shape and automatically selects the variable-scale range and model. The principle and algorithm are introduced and described. Finally, the proposed model is evaluated. Results of the experiment show that the new model is feasible and valid to overcome the problem mentioned above.

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Acknowledgments

This work described in this paper was supported under the grant numbers 40971238 and 40971213 from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

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  1. Water Conservancy and Environment College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

    Chaode Yan, Wang Guo & Tian He

  2. Research Group Cartography, Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Chaode Yan

  3. School of Tourism and Environment, Shanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China

    Jianjun Bai

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

    Fuchun Sun

  2. College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technolog, Changsha, People's Republic of China

    Dewen Hu

  3. Department of Computer Science and Techn, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

    Huaping Liu

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Yan, C., Guo, W., Bai, J., He, T. (2014). Neighborhood-Based Variable-Scale Model in Mobile Maps. In: Sun, F., Hu, D., Liu, H. (eds) Foundations and Practical Applications of Cognitive Systems and Information Processing. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 215. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37835-5_16

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