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Geometric Generalization

Geometric Generalization is a type of map generalization method that specifically alters the geometric representation of spatial features—such as their shape, size, or position—while preserving their essential spatial characteristics for effective cartographic communication at reduced scales.

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154

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90

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2017–2026

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87

Variational principles for stochastic fluid dynamics

Darryl D. Holm · Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2015 · 277 citations · Full text

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Numerical Cartographic Generalization: An Introduction

Robert McMaster, Robert B Mc Master · 1989 · 259 citations

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Line generalisation by repeated elimination of points

M. Visvalingam, Duncan Whyatt · The Cartographic Journal · 1993 · 231 citations · Full text

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The geometry of the generalized Gauss map

David Hoffman, Robert Osserman · Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society · 1980 · 220 citations

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Line generalisation by repeated elimination of points

M. Visvalingam, J. D. Whyatt · The Cartographic Journal · 1993 · 187 citations

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Authors

154

  1. BP
    Barbara P. Buttenfield

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    3 publications · 70 citations

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  2. MV
    M. Visvalingam

    University of Hull, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 428 citations

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  3. PA
    Paolo Aschieri

    Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”, Italy

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  4. JM
    Jean-Claude Müller

    University of Alberta, Canada

    2 publications · 170 citations

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  5. LC
    Leonardo Castellani

    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, Italy

    2 publications · 68 citations

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Institutions

90

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    256 citations

  2. University of Hull

    Hull, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    846 citations

  3. Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”

    Vercelli, Italy

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    136 citations

  4. Waseda University

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    48 citations

  5. Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    149 citations

  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    Lisbon, Portugal

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  8. Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière

    Saint-Mandé, France

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    138 citations

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  2. The Cartographic Journal

    5 publications · 472 citations

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  3. Cartography and Geographic Information Science

    4 publications · 131 citations

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  4. Mathematics of Computation

    MCOM · 2 publications · 34 citations

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  5. ArXiv.org

    Repository · 2 publications · 25 citations

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