VECTOR TO RASTER CONVERSION ERROR AND FEATURE COMPLEXITY - AN EMPIRICAL-STUDY USING SIMULATED DATA

被引:27
作者
CARVER, SJ [1 ]
BRUNSDON, CF [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, DEPT TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE1 7RU, TYNE & WEAR, ENGLAND
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 1994年 / 8卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1080/02693799408901999
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
Simulated vector coastlines of known and varied complexity are rasterized at various levels by the quadtree method. The rasterizing error for each combination of coastline and raster size is calculated by a simple Boolean overlay method. The relationship between line complexity, raster size and rasterizing error is investigated and a method of selecting the most appropriate raster size based on the complexity of the source data and the required level of accuracy is presented.
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页码:261 / 270
页数:10
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