Map Generalization Method Supported by Graph Convolutional Networks

Xiao, Tianyuan; Ai, Tinghua; Burghardt, Dirk; Liu, Pengcheng

doi:10.5194/agile-giss-6-13-2025

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Map Generalization Method Supported by Graph Convolutional Networks

Tianyuan Xiao, Tinghua Ai, Dirk Burghardt, and Pengcheng Liu

Tianyuan Xiao

School of Resource and Environment Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Tinghua Ai

School of Resource and Environment Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Dirk Burghardt

Institute of Cartography, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Pengcheng Liu

College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China

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