A Voronoi-Based Approach to Generating Depth-Contours for Hydrographic Charts
We introduce a new approach for the generation and the generalisation of visually smooth depth-contours for hydrographic charts. Unlike most current approaches, it strictly respects the safety constraint that dictates that the resulting chart may not indicate a depth shallower than
originally measured. The main idea is to construct a smooth surface using a Voronoi-based interpolation method. This surface is represented using a triangulation, modified using a series of generalisation operators, and ultimately depth-contours are extracted directly from this surface. We
report on experiments made with real-world datasets, and we compare our results with existing approaches.
Keywords: TIN, marine GIS, nautical chart, bathymetry, Voronoi diagram, depth-contours
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and The Built Environment, Delft, The Netherlands
Publication date: 03 April 2014
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