Map generalization is very old topic, but the combination of map generalization technology with geo-spatial database
updating is relatively new. After the larger scale database is updated, the smaller scale database should be updated
correspondingly in order to keep the consistency of multi-scale geo-spatial database. In this situation, it is very
reasonable to apply map generalization technology into the process of geo-spatial database updating. This paper is
focused on the application map generalization into the updating of geo-spatial database. A method is described to update
geo-spatial database based map generalization technology in this study. The requirements of the application of map
generalization into spatial database updating are analyzed firstly. And then, the design is outlined and some key
technology details are emphasized on. Finally, the practical implementation in the national 1:50000 geo-spatial database
updating project is introduced. This study shows the method is less cost and more efficient in the multi-scale geo-spatial
database updating.
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