Accession Number:

AD0745149

Title:

Retention of Detail in Map Generalization

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS

Personal Author(s):

• Grabau, W. E.
• Addor, E. E.

Report Date:

1964-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

The Military Evaluation of Geographic Areas project MEGA, U. S. Army Materiel Command Project No. 1-T-25001-A-131, has as one of its objectives the description of terrain factors in terms of their effects on military activities. Presentation of terrain-effect data in the form of tactical maps is considered to be one of the essential products of the project. To be most useful, such a map must contain considerable detail but it must also be of a useable size, which implies generalization, and this in turn implies loss of detail. A possible solution for this dilemna is offered in this paper.

Descriptors:

• *MAPPING
• SOILS
• SYMBOLS
• TERRAIN INTELLIGENCE
• TRAFFICABILITY

Subject Categories:

• Cartography and Aerial Photography
• Military Intelligence

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE