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Lars Harrie

Professor

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A feasibility study of applying generative deep learning models for map labeling

Författare

  • Rachid Oucheikh
  • Lars Harrie

Summary, in English

The automation of map labeling is an ongoing research challenge. Currently, the map labeling algorithms are based on rules defined by experts for optimizing the placement of the text labels on maps. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of using well-labeled map samples as a source of knowledge for automating the labeling process. The basic idea is to train deep learning models, specifically the generative models CycleGAN and Pix2Pix, on a large number of map examples. Then, the trained models are used to predict good locations of the labels given unlabeled raster maps. We compare the results obtained by the deep learning models to manual map labeling and a state-of-the-art optimization-based labeling method. A quantitative evaluation is performed in terms of legibility, association and map readability as well as a visual evaluation performed by three professional cartographers. The evaluation indicates that the deep learning models are capable of finding appropriate positions for the labels, but that they, in this implementation, are not well suited for selecting the labels to show and to determine the size of the labels. The result provides valuable insights into the current capabilities of generative models for such task, while also identifying the key challenges that will shape future research directions.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
  • eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration

Publiceringsår

2024

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

Ämne

  • Other Computer and Information Science

Nyckelord

  • automated cartography
  • deep learning
  • generative adversarial networks
  • image synthesis
  • machine learning
  • Map labeling

Status

Epub

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1523-0406