ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT: This paper studies the feasibility of fully automated generalisation of topographic data in the context of nowadays use of geo-information and available technologies. The starting point is that the requirements with respect to up-to-dateness may get priority over cartographic principles, although the result should still be of acceptable quality. In addition the study acknowledges that the results obtained by an automated process may differ from results from interactive processes. A pilot was carried out that takes these perspectives and set up a fully automated generalisation workflow using commercial software. In the pilot the workflow has been refined and the optimal implementations and parameter settings have experimentally been determined by an expert team in five weeks time. The results show potentials to generalise a 1:50 k map from 1:10 k data in a fully automated manner. Issues for further research are identified.