Abstract Extracting features from printed maps has been a challenge for decades; historical pose an even larger problem due to manual, inconsistent drawing or scribing, low printing quality, and geometrical distortions. In this article, new workflow is introduced, consisting of segmentation step vectorization acquire high‐quality polygon representations building footprints the Siegfried map series. For segmentation, ensemble U‐Nets trained, yielding pixel‐based predictions with average...

AI ethics narratives have the potential to shape public accurate understanding of technologies and promote communication among different stakeholders. However, are largely lacking. Existing limited tend center on works science fiction or corporate marketing campaigns large technology companies. Misuse "socio-technical imaginary" can blur line between speculation reality for public, undermining responsibility regulation development. Therefore, constructing authentic is an urgent task. The...

Climate change has global consequences, and Switzerland is no exception. The communication of climate poses various challenges, maps are often part this process. This work presents three illustrating the impacts change, developed for Atlas (AoS), an interactive digital national atlas. aim to make understandable visible. Three different indicators were visualized: rise zero degree line, evolution glacial lakes, changes in flowering dates plants. Various approaches employed that leverage...

MapAnalyst is a new software application for the visualization and study of planimetric accuracy old maps. It illustrates local map distortion by generating grids, displacement vectors, isolines scale rotation. additionally computes map's rotation, as well statistical indicators summarizing geometric accuracy. offers user-friendly interface freely available all major computer platforms at . Map historians are invited to use MapAnalyst, encouraged consult improve free Java source-code. This...

Today, the technical generation of modern perspective views (so-called 3D maps) for static, animated, and dynamic use is highly advanced. Nevertheless, aspects design such their impact on readers have rarely been investigated in cartographic research. The establishment principles missing, to a large extent. Within framework research project, propositions were derived by evaluating settings options specific graphic variables. Based an inventory variables maps, selected cues two major (degree...

The interdisciplinary project 'A Literary Atlas of Europe' aims to develop an interactive atlas as a research tool for spatial analysis literature. central questions where do stories take place and what interactions exist between literary spaces the real space are answered by means cartographical visualisation. This paper provides overview extensive systematic evaluation proposes practical implementation data into database. In this process, specific properties identified: narrated...

Abstract. Networks such as transportation, water, and power are critical lifelines for society. Managers plan execute interventions to guarantee the operational state of their networks under various circumstances, including after occurrence (natural) hazard events. Creating an intervention program demands knowing probable direct indirect consequences (i.e., risk) events that could occur in order be able mitigate effects. This paper introduces a methodology support network managers...

The objective of interactive geographic maps is to provide information a large audience in captivating and intuitive way. Storytelling helps create exciting experiences explain complex or otherwise hidden relationships geospatial data. Furthermore, 3D applications offer wide range attractive elements for advanced visual story creation the possibility convey same many different ways. In this paper, we discuss analyze storytelling techniques visualizations so that authors developers working...

Abstract Maps contain abundant geospatial information, such as roads, settlements, and river networks, to name a few. The need access this information carry out analyses (e.g., in transportation, landscape planning, or ecology), well advances software hardware technologies, have driven the development of workflows efficiently extract features from maps. aim article is provide comprehensive overview methods road raster are categorized based on classes techniques they employ line extraction),...

There is an increasing demand for renewable electricity sources, due to the global efforts reduce CO 2 emissions. Despite promising effects, only a limited amount of currently produced globally from solar power. In order help countries realize importance tapping into energy, it crucial reveal potential that could be thus produced. For this reason, open data were used produce interactive web map energy potential. calculation potential, top-down approach, generally in literature, was modified...

Historical maps are almost the exclusive source to trace back characteristics of earth before modern observation techniques came into being. Processing historical is challenging due factors such as diverse designs and scales, or inherent noise from painting, aging, scanning. Our paper first leverage uncertainty estimation under framework Bayesian deep learning model in for semantic segmentation hydrological features scanned topographic maps. To distinguish different with similar...

Abstract The legacy of historic anthropogenic disturbance can significantly affect the structure and function contemporary freshwater ecosystems. Environmental research management that neglect are likely to lead a biased interpretation present future ecosystem dynamics. Yet, remains poorly considered, mainly because challenges associated with its identification. Synthesizing past progress in research, we conceptual framework for systematic identification legacy. We focus on dynamic processes...

Schematic drawings of route directions are one the most common forms graphic communication. People make sketches to communicate geographical ideas, and professionally designed schematic maps give orientation thousands users a public transport system. Creating map for representing network may be seen as straightforward task; however, underlying design such can quite complex. Map designers apply, consciously or subconsciously, various cartographic generalization techniques emphasize important...

This paper deals with the realm of alternate worlds. Although emphasis such creations relies on historical alteration (resulting in an time stream), settings can impressively support alternative: most history plots come shifted or even newly drawn political borders and are set transformed urban rural spaces. Not surprisingly, actual maps at least remarkably detailed layouts geographical framework play a significant role. In other words, counterfactual spaces be mapped words cartographic...