Chapter 1Introduction1
1.1MultiScale Spatial Representation1
1.2Motivation: the Need for Automated MultiScale Spatial
Representation2
1.3State of the Art on MultiScale Spatial Representation4
1.4Objectives and Scope of This Book9
1.5Structure of This Book10
Chapter 2State of the Art on Selective Omission in a Road Network12
2.1Issues on Selective Omission in a Road Network12
2.2Approaches to Selective Omission in a Road Network21
Chapter 3Experimental Analysis of Various Issues on Selective Omission
in a Road Network39
3.1Comparison of Various Strategies to concatenate Road
Segments into Strokes39
3.2Comparison of Various Measures to Determine the Importance of
Individual Roads60
3.3Determination of Thresholds for Selective Omission Parameters74
Chapter 4Experimental Analysis of Various Approaches to Selective
Omission in a Road Network90
4.1Comparison of General Approaches to Selective Omission
in a Road Network90
4.2Comparison of Machine Learning Approaches to Selective
Omission in a Road Network97
4.3Investigation of How Many Training Samples Are Needed by
Using a Machine Learning Approach to Selective Omission110
Chapter 5Applications119
5.1Construction of Road Hierarchies for Continuous MultiScale
Selective Omission119
5.2Use of a Machine Learning Approach for Road Network
Updating128
5.3Summary134
Chapter 6Summary and Outlook137
6.1Summary of this Book137
6.2Limitations140
6.3Future Research Issues142
References144