ICC 2017 Washington D.C, USA July 02-07, 2017 Implementing the Concept of Geographic Context for Efficient Recognition from Large-Scale Topographic Map Series Johannes H. Uhl 1 Research Team: Stefan Leyk 1 , Yao-Yi Chiang 2 , Weiwei Duan 3 , Vinil Jain 2 , Dan Feldman 2 , Craig Knoblock 3 1 Department of Geography 2 Spatial Sciences Institute 3 Computer Science Department University of Colorado Boulder University of Southern California University of Southern California
Outline Map Processing: Impact & Challenges Geographic Context & Map Processing A Case Study and Outlook
Outline I M AP P ROCESSING : I MPACT & C HALLENGES II T HE P RINCIPLE OF G EOGRAPHIC C ONTEXT III C ASE S TUDY : Recognition of Buildings and Urban Areas in Historical Topographic Maps Map Processing: Impact & Challenges Geographic Context & Map Processing A Case Study and Outlook
I Map Processing: Impact & Challenges Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
The Impact of Map Processing (a) Military Geographical Institute, Poland 1930, 1:25K (b) Royal Prussian Surveying Unit, Map of Western Russia, 1915, 1:100K (c) Imperial and Royal Military Geographical Institute, Austria, Map of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy and foreign map pages, Russia, 1878, 1:75K (d) Swiss Federal Topographic Bureau, Swiss Topographic Map (Siegfried Map), 1912, 1:25K Preserving unique witnesses of the past unlocking geographic information Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
The Impact of Map Processing Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
The Impact of Map Processing - Map processing = Recognition + Extraction - Pattern recognition, computer vision, machine learning... - Creating GIS-readable data from scanned map archives - Retrospective Landscape Analysis - Historians, Geographers, Demographers, Landscape Ecologists, etc… Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
The Impact of Map Processing - Map processing = Recognition + Extraction - Pattern recognition, computer vision, machine learning... - Creating GIS-readable data from scanned map archives - Retrospective Landscape Analysis - Historians, Geographers, Demographers, Landscape Ecologists, etc… Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing • Complexity, graphical quality, data volume • User interaction Low levels of automation in information extraction Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing • Complexity, graphical quality, data volume • User interaction Low levels of automation in information extraction Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing • Complexity, graphical quality, data volume • User interaction Low levels of automation in information extraction Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing Map recognition involving user interaction: Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing Map recognition involving user interaction: Label Learn Extract Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing Map recognition involving user interaction: Label Learn Extract Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing Map recognition involving user interaction: Label Learn Extract shape, color & gradient descriptors Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing Map recognition involving user interaction: Label Learn Extract shape, color & gradient descriptors Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
Current Challenges in Map Processing Map recognition involving user interaction: Label Learn Extract shape, color & gradient descriptors How to overcome user labeling to achieve higher levels of automation? Map Processing: Impact & Challenges
II The Principle of Geographic Context Effective use of external (geographic) data for improved information extraction from maps Geographic Context & Map Processing
Geographic Context? Map series in digital archives Large data volume Dependent editions with incremental change (updates) Overlap in content to guide learning? 1950 Geographic Context & Map Processing
Geographic Context? Map series in digital archives Large data volume 1964 Dependent editions with incremental change (updates) Overlap in content to guide learning? 1950 Geographic Context & Map Processing
Geographic Context? Map series in digital archives Large data volume 1964 Dependent editions with incremental change (updates) Overlap in content to guide learning? 1950 Geographic Context & Map Processing
2012 Geographic Context? Map series in digital archives Large data volume 1964 Dependent editions with incremental change (updates) Overlap in content to guide learning? 1950 Geographic Context & Map Processing
2012 Geographic Context? Map series in digital archives Large data volume 1964 Dependent editions with incremental change (updates) Overlap in content to guide learning? 1950 Geographic Context & Map Processing
2012 Geographic Context? Map series in digital archives Large data volume 1964 Dependent editions with incremental change (updates) Overlap in content to guide learning? 1950 Geographic Context & Map Processing
2012 Geographic Context? Map series in digital archives Large data volume 1964 Dependent editions with incremental change (updates) Overlap in content to guide learning? Generic (not independent) 1950 ancillary data representing feature of interest Know “where to expect” the feature of interest Geographic Context & Map Processing
Information Extraction & Geographic Context (1) Creating contextual information Geometry Attributes Geographic Context & Map Processing
Information Extraction & Geographic Context Vector data (VGI…) Admin (1) Creating contextual information Records (x,y) Geometry Gazetteer Attributes Geographic Context & Map Processing
Information Extraction & Geographic Context Vector data (VGI…) Admin (1) Creating contextual information Records (x,y) Geometry Gazetteer Attributes Geographic Context & Map Processing
Information Extraction & Geographic Context Vector data (VGI…) Admin (1) Creating contextual information Records (x,y) Geometry Gazetteer Attributes (2) Adaptive graphics sampling Collect spatially constrained graphics examples Assume overlap: map & context Geographic Context & Map Processing
Information Extraction & Geographic Context Vector data (VGI…) Admin (1) Creating contextual information Records (x,y) Geometry Gazetteer Attributes (2) Adaptive graphics sampling Collect spatially constrained graphics examples Assume overlap: map & context Geographic Context & Map Processing
Information Extraction & Geographic Context Vector data (VGI…) Admin (1) Creating contextual information Records (x,y) Geometry Gazetteer Attributes (2) Adaptive graphics sampling Collect spatially constrained graphics examples Assume overlap: map & context Geographic Context & Map Processing
Information Extraction & Geographic Context Vector data (VGI…) Admin (1) Creating contextual information Records (x,y) Geometry Gazetteer Attributes (2) Adaptive graphics sampling Collect spatially constrained graphics examples Assume overlap: map & context (3) Compute feature descriptors: Create knowledge base Shape, color, texture descriptors To be used in learning and extraction Geographic Context & Map Processing
Information Extraction & Geographic Context Vector data (VGI…) Admin (1) Creating contextual information Records (x,y) Geometry Gazetteer Attributes (2) Adaptive graphics sampling Collect spatially constrained graphics examples Assume overlap: map & context (3) Compute feature descriptors: Create knowledge base Shape, color, texture descriptors To be used in learning and extraction Step (1) and (2): Eliminate user interaction Geographic Context & Map Processing
III Case Study Geographic context for automated map symbol recognition: Buildings and Urban Areas Case Study: Building and Urban Area Extraction
The Experiment Case Study: Building and Urban Area Extraction
The Experiment Case Study: Building and Urban Area Extraction
The Experiment Case Study: Building and Urban Area Extraction
The Experiment Case Study: Building and Urban Area Extraction
The Experiment Geographic Context Buildings Case Study: Building and Urban Area Extraction
The Experiment Geographic Context Buildings Case Study: Building and Urban Area Extraction
The Experiment Geographic Context Buildings Case Study: Building and Urban Area Extraction
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