Naslov
World political map from OpenStreetMap data

Autori
Tutić, Dražen ; Jogun, Tomislav ; Kuveždić Divjak, Ana ; Triplat Horvat, Martina

Izvornik
Journal of Maps (1744-5647) 13 (2017), 1; 67-73

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
World political map, OpenStreetMap, automated cartography, map-making, open-source software

Sažetak
The paper presents the development of an automated procedure for creating a small-scale world political map from OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, and the map itself. A novel approach was used for cartographic processing, while the fitness for use of OSM data for this task was evaluated. It was anticipated and shown that creating a world political map from OSM data is a methodologically and technologically demanding task. The result was a political map of the world at a scale of 1:30, 000, 000, showing independent states, dependencies and areas of special sovereignty as in the OSM data set, with no adaptation to specific political recognition issues. A high degree of automation built on open-source software was achieved. The resulting map is an intermediate stage of production, requiring modest manual intervention for the final map. By allocating a code to the community (http://github.com/GEOF- OSGL/OSMPoliticalMap), we have provided opportunities for its continuing development.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija, Geodezija, Računarstvo

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