[GD8-3] Scanning and automated vectorization techniques

Scanning is the conversion of a physical object to a digital representation by moving a sensor over it. Vectorization is the technique to extract features from the grid information in vector format

Introduction

External resources

• Mena, J. (2006). Automatic vectorization of segmented road networks by geometrical and topological analysis of high resolution binary images. Knowledge-based Systems, 19(8), 704-718.
• Stock, Kevin, Pouchet, Louis-Noël, & Sadayappan, P. (2012). Using machine learning to improve automatic vectorization. ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization, 8(4), 1-23.

Skills

• 782 - Outline the process of scanning and vectorizing features depicted on a printed map sheet using a given GIS software product, emphasizing issues that require manual intervention
  Outline the process of scanning and vectorizing features depicted on a printed map sheet using a given GIS software product, emphasizing issues that require manual intervention

Status

Outgoing relations

• [GD8-3] Scanning and automated vectorization techniques is subconcept of [GD2-4] Digitizing