ScaleMaster
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Cindy
Brewer's home
page.
Resources below are
ordered with most recent
first to the original
ScaleMaster as the
last item
Full references for
presentations and papers
are also listed on
Cynthia Brewer's CV |
ScaleMaster
is a structured diagram
for organizing multiscale mapping using multiple databases
and design, selection, and generalization decisions.
In
its rudimentary form, ScaleMaster
is a do-it-yourself Excel file available for download (19. below). Other resources
were listed and
linked as we continued to develop the idea.
The ScaleMaster project was a
collaboration among
Cindy Brewer, Barbara Buttenfield, Larry Stanislawski, Lynn Usery, and
Charlie Frye.
Research
assistants at Penn State: Elaine
Guidero, Katherine Meckler, Paulo Raposo,
Clare Price, Kevin Sparks, Rick Fourroux, Jay McGilloway, Jim Thatcher,
Chelsea
Hanchett, Andy Stauffer, Stephen Butzler, Doug Minnigh, Stephen Sylvia,
Mamata
Akella, Jessica Acosta, Robert Roth, Michael Stryker, Carolyn
Fish, Douglas Schoch.
Research
assistants at CU Boulder:
Chris Anderson-Tarver, Mike Gleason, Ryan
Haney.
Others
contributors
include Aileen Buckley and Mike Howard.
The research work was funded from 2008 to 2013 by the USGS
Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science
(CEGIS)
through Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) grants
through geography
departments at the Pennsylvania
State University and University of Colorado at Boulder.
ScaleMaster research was initially
funded by Esri
through Professional Services Agreements
2003B6345, 2003B6346, 2003B6347 and 2006B2964.
Additional
papers and talks
by Buttenfield on her
website.
Additional papers by Stanislawski and others on CEGIS
Generalization
site.
All papers and presentations by the Penn State researchers are linked
below.
See
new developments with ScaleMaster from Guillaume Touya and Jean-Francois Girres, COGIT
lab, IGN
France (e.g., sourceforge; ICC2013 paper; CaGIS
paper). The
ScaleMaster approach is now popular with national mapping agencies.
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49.
Presentation
by C. Brewer at USGS
Headquarters for Henry Gannett Award Ceremony, Reston VA
(November 12, 2013) (22MB
PDF).
Award
announcements: USGS,
Penn
State.
48.
Webex Presentation for Graphics Technical Exchange Meeting,
USGS, Denver (November 19-21, 2013):
Brewer, C. "Highlights from
CEGIS & Penn State Multiscale Research on USGS Topographic Mapping"
(13MB PDF).
47.
Presentations
at NACIS, Greenville SC (October 9-11, 2013):
Presentation
1: Raposo, P. and C. Brewer, "Guidelines
for Consistently Readable Topographic Vectors and Labels With Toggling
Backgrounds" (17.3MB PDF). Invited re-presentation of item 46-1.
Presentation 2:
Raposo, P. and C. Brewer, "Automated
Attribute Enrichment for Automated Multiscale Maps" (13.2MB PDF).
46.
Presentations
and
Proceeding
Papers at ICC2013, Dresden (August 25
– 30, 2013):
Presentation
1:
Raposo, P. and C. Brewer, "Guidelines
for Consistently Readable Topographic Vectors and Labels with Toggling
Backgrounds" (5.03MB PDF). Proceedings
Paper
Presentation
2:
Brewer, C., E. Guidero, L. Stanislawski, B.
Buttenfield,
and P. Raposo, "Labeling Through Scale
Using Hierarchies of Thinned Road Networks for Design of The
National Map of the United States" (10.9 MB PDF). Proceedings
Paper
Proceedings
Paper:
Stanislawski, L., B.
Buttenfield, C. Brewer, and C. Anderson-Tarver, "Integration
Metrics for Cartographic Generalization: Assessment of 1:1,000,000
Scale
Hydrography and Terrain."
45.
ICA Workshop Presentation
and Proceedings Paper, Dresden (August 23-24,
2013):
Presentation:
Raposo, P., C. Brewer, and
L. Stanislawski, "Label and
Attribute-Based Topographic Point Thinning" (2.19MB
PDF). Proceedings Paper
44. Research
presentations at USGS-CEGIS
All-Hands Meeting,
Rolla MO (June 25-26, 2013):
Presentation
1:
Brewer, C.,
"Multiscale
Design for The
National Map 2012/13" (11.7MB PDF).
Presentation
2:
Guidero, E., K. Meckler, and C.
Brewer, "Road networks and populated places: generalization
through scale"
(7.77MB PDF).
Presentation
3:
Meckler, K., P. Raposo, and
C.
Brewer, "Airports Through Scale" (3.06MB
PDF).
Presentation
4:
Raposo, P.,
and
C. Brewer,
"Automated attribute
enrichment for automated multiscale cartography" (7.26MB PDF).
43. Webex Presentation
for
EUROSDR Workshop (March 21, 2013):
Brewer,
C.A., E.M. Guidero, and
P. Raposo, "Road
thinning through scale for The National
Map of the United States" (3.46MB PDF).
42.
Refereed
Article
on road thinning:
Brewer,
C.A., L.V. Stanislawski,
B.P. Buttenfield, K.A. Sparks, J. McGilloway, and
M.A. Howard. 2013. "Thinned road networks for multiscale
design of The National Map of the United
States." Cartography and Geographic Information
Science 40(4): 259-270. DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2013.799735
41. Presentation during
online meeting with CEGIS (February 13, 2013).
Raposo,
P., "GNIS
Summit Thinning" (3.14MB PDF).
40. Presentation at
the Middle States AAG, Shippensburg
PA (November 2-3, 2012):
Brewer,
C., and
P. Raposo, "Multiscale
Design for The National Map of the
United States" (11.4MB PDF).
39.
Presentation
at AutoCarto 2012,
Columbus OH (September 17-18 2012):
Presentation:
Brewer, C., L. Stanislawski, B. Buttenfield, P. Raposo,
K. Sparks,
and
M. Howard, "Multiscale Design for The
National Map of the
United States: Road Thinning for Topographic Mapping" (7.20MB
PDF). Proceedings Paper
38. Presentation
at
NACIS 2012, Portland OR (October 17-19, 2012):
Raposo,
P., K. Sparks, and
C. Brewer, "Techniques for Cartographic Presentation of
Upsampled Raster
Land Data" (13.8MB
PDF).
37. Webex
Presentation
to
USGS, EROS (July
18, 2012):
Raposo,
P., K. Sparks, and
C. Brewer, "PSU
Land Cover Treatments: Impervious Surface Focus" (7.24MB PDF).
36.
Research
presentations at USGS-CEGIS
All-Hands Meeting,
Rolla MO (June 26-28, 2012):
Presentation
1:
Brewer, C., K. Sparks, and
P. Raposo,
"Multiscale Design for The National Map
2011/12" (13.0MB PDF).
Presentation
2:
Raposo, P., K. Sparks, and
C. Brewer,
"Multiscale Land Cover Processing for The National
Map" (4.70MB PDF).
Presentation
3:
Sparks, K., P. Raposo, and
C. Brewer,
"Multiscale Land Cover Design for The National Map"
(2.97MB PDF).
35. Geography
Colloquium Presentation by
C.A. Brewer at Ohio State (May 24,
2012):
"Multiscale
Desin for The National Map of the
U.S." (13.8MB PDF).
34.
Presentations to
USGS
visitors at Penn State (April 18-19, 2012):
Presentation
1:
Brewer, C., J. McGilloway, and
R. Fourroux, "Multi-Point
Sky Illumination" (1.64MB PDF).
Presentation
2: Raposo,
P. and K.
Sparks, "Feathered-Edge and Spray Can Technique for Upsampled
Raster Land
Cover Data" (2.61MB PDF).
33.
Refereed
Article on
operators for multiscale mapping:
Roth,
R. E., C. A. Brewer, and M.
S. Stryker. 2011. "A
topology of operators for maintaining legible map designs at multiple
scales." Cartographic
Perspectives 68: 29-64. (4.44MB PDF).
32.
Refereed
Article on
populated place labels:
Butzler, S.J., C.A. Brewer, and W.J. Stroh, 2011, "Establishing
Classification and Hierarchy in Populated Place Labeling for Multiscale
Mapping for The National Map," Cartography
and Geographic Information Science, 38(2): 100-109. DOI:
10.1559/15230406382100
31. Coffee
Hour Talk by
C.A. Brewer at
Penn State (December 9, 2011):
Presentation:
"Multiscale Redesign of The National Map with
USGS," abstract
(17.5MB PDF).
Watch
the synchronized
video and Powerpoint combination on "MediaSite Live"
(click on the link and the presentation
starts automatically after a brief set up; you may be prompted to
install
iTunes). The talk is 1 hour and 6 minutes in length, and is hosted
through
Geography's Coffee
Hour to Go
program.
30.
Presentation
and poster at NACIS Conference,
Madison WI (October 12-14 2011):
Presentation:
Brewer, C., J. McGilloway, and S. J. Butzler, "NACIS Presentations on Terrain Inspire
Penn State Applied Cartographic Design Course"
(15.7 MB PDF).
Poster:
Stauffer,
A., C. Hanchett, and C. Brewer.
Terrain Generalization for Multiscale Mapping Poster (17.7MB PDF).
29. Presentations
and
proceedings paper at
the ICC2011,
Paris (July 3-8, 2011):
Presentation
1:
Raposo, P.
and C. Brewer, "Comparison of topographic
map designs for overlay on orthoimage backgrounds" (18.3 MB PDF).
Proceedings
Paper
Presentation
2:
Brewer, C., B. Buttenfield,
and L. Stanislawski, "Choosing
between geometry change and display change for multiscale
mapping" (6.98 MB PDF). Proceedings Paper
28. ICA
Workshop Presentations
and Proceedings Papers, Paris (June 30-July 1, 2011):
Presentation
1: Brewer, C., J.
Thatcher, and S. Butzler, "Combining Varied
Federal Data Sources for Multiscale Map
Labeling of Populated
Places for The National Map of the United
States" (3.20MB PDF).
Proceedings
Paper
Presentation
2:
Buttenfield, B. P., L. V. Stanislawski, and
C. A. Brewer, "A comparison of star
and ladder generalization strategies for intermediate scale processing
of USGS
National Hydrography Dataset.” Proceedings
Paper
27. Research
presentations at USGS-CEGIS
All-Hands
Meeting, Rolla MO (June
14-17, 2011):
Presentation
1: Brewer, C., "Overview of Progress and Goals –
Electronic Topographic Map Design Through Scale for The National Map" (1.2MB PDF)
Presentation
2: Brewer, C., "Terrain Representation" (0.9MB PDF)
Presentation
3: Stauffer, A., C. Brewer, "Multiscale Terrain
Representation" (13MB PDF)
Presentation
4:
Brewer, C., "24K Ortho
Designs: Layer Combinations" (4MB PDF)
Presentation
5: Raposo, P., C. Brewer, A. Stauffer,
"Comparison of Topographic Map Designs for Overlay on Orthoimage
Backgrounds" (16.5MB PDF)
Presentation
6: Brewer, C. "Performance of Map Symbol and Label Design with
Format and Display Resolution Options Through Scale for The National Map," follow-up on AutoCarto 2011 talk, item 23
(2MB PDF)
26. Workshop
presentations led
by C. Brewer at USGS-CEGIS All
Hands Meeting, Rolla MO (June 14 – 17,
2011):
PPT 1: Design Examples (6.2MB)
PPT
2: Overview ScaleMaster (492
KB)
PPT
3: Elimination (7.14MB)
PPT 4: Resolution (2.77 MB)
PPT
5: Part Principles (12.1 MB)
PPT
6: Stauffer, Terrain (9.41MB)
PPT
7: GEOG 467 Terrain Projects (35.3 MB)
PPT
8: Part Symbols (3.98 MB)
PPT
9: Ortho PDF Design Layers
(13.6 MB)
PPT 10: ICA Workshop Placenames (5.70
MB, item 28-1 above)
25. Presentations at
The National Map Users Conference,
Denver (May 12-13, 2011) and AAG conference,
Seattle (April 12-16, 2011):
Raposo, P, C. Brewer, "Comparison of
Topographic Map Designs for Overlay on
Orthoimage Backgrounds" (14MB PDF)
Butzler, S., C. Brewer, J. Thatcher, "Establishing
Classification and Hierarchy in Populated Place
Labeling for Multiscale Mapping for The National Map" (7MB PDF)
(see also items 22, 23
and 32).
Stauffer, A., C. Hanchett, C. Brewer, "Terrain Generalization
for Multiscale Mapping" (see item 27-3
above)
24. Webex
Presentation to
USGS National Map Product and Service
Leads by C. Brewer,
December, 2010.
Talk split among parts of eight PPT files, in response to questions and
interests:
PPT 1. Introduction
(3.4MB PDF)
PPT 2. Design (2.8MB
PDF)
PPT 3. Symbol (1.3MB PDF)
PPT 4. Placenames
(4.9MB PDF)
PPT 5. ArcGIS
(1.8MB PDF)
PPT 6. Finish (PDF)
PPT 7 (not
discussed): Map Series
(4.9MB PDF)
PPT 8 (not discussed): Evaluation
(1.4MB PDF)
23. Presentations at AutoCarto
2010,
November 2010.
Stroh, W., S. Butzler, C. Brewer, "Establishing
Classification and Hierarchy in Populated Place Labeling for Multiscale
Mapping for The National Map"
(6MB PDF)
Brewer, C., C. Hanchett, B. Buttenfield, L. Usery, "Performance
of Map Symbol
and Label Design with Format and Display Resolution Options
Through
Scale for The National Map"
(5MB PDF)
22. Placenames poster
by S. Butzler, presented
at NACIS
2010 conference, October 2010:
Butzler, S., W. Stroh, C. Brewer, "Populated
Place Label
Classification and Hierarchy for Multiscale Mapping"
(7MB PDF)
21. More on Stream
Tapering for Wet and Dry Region Mapping by A. Stauffer,
presented at NACIS 2010
conference, October 2010
(also, see item 17-4, Andy's PPT from CEGIS
All Hands meeting,
June 2010):
Poster
(24MB PDF)
Brief summary of processing steps (small PDF)
20. Multiscale map design
specifications for a draft
topographic map design using date from The National Map
(1:24,000) are listed in these three (lengthy) documents:
Symbol styles (2.5MB .DOCX)
Label styles and positioning (.XLSX)
Style
File (1MB .STYLE, used with ArcGIS 9.3.1)
The files were prepared by C.
Hanchett (August 2010). These designs were presented on a poster
at the NACIS 2010 conference
and funded by USGS/CEGIS. These are very
detailed documents and the map design is still in transition, so please
expect refinements to be needed (and a few errors).
19. ScaleMaster
diagram
for proposed multiscale design for USGS topographic mapping
(July 2010).
This is an Excel file with two tabs,
prepared by C. Hanchett and C. Brewer.
One tab is a diagram that illustrates ranges of data
and symbol use on the maps through scale. The second tab
summarizes the meaning of the codes seen in the diagram. This is a
simple Excel file in which we have manually colored the cells and
spaced columns to fit the scale ranges (no fancy functionality here).
You may use or change this diagram to suit your mapping goals.
18. Presentation
at
Esri International User
Conference, San Diego (July 12-16, 2010) (summary
of 2010 CEGIS talks, in item 17):
Brewer, C.A., B.P. Buttenfield, and E.L. Usery, "Designing
USGS topographic
mapping for multiscale online use" (19.5MB PDF).
17. Research
presentations at USGS-CEGIS All-Hands
Meeting, Denver (June
23-25, 2010):
Presentation
1: Brewer, C.A., B.P. Buttenfield, and L. Stanislawski,
"Progress on Electronic Topo Map Design
Decisions" (15MB PDF).
Presentation
2: Hanchett, C.L., and C.A. Brewer, "Multiscale
Design: ScaleMaster Decisions and
MXD Settings for Symbol Evaluation" (6.5MB PDF).
Presentation
3: Brewer, C.A., C.L. Hanchett, B.P.
Buttenfield, and L. Stanislawski, "Evaluation of
Map Symbols by Screen Resolution
and File Format Through Scale" (7MB PDF).
Presentation
4: Stauffer, A., and C.A. Brewer, "Tapered Symbols for NHD
Flowlines
Systematically Adjusted for Dry Versus Humid Zones" (1.8MB PDF).
Additional
work by Buttenfield and others on her website.
Additional papers by Stanislawski and others are posted on CEGIS
Generalization site.
16. Extended
abstract for GDI2010,
Symposium on Generalization and
Data Integration,
Boulder (June 20-22, 2010)
Brewer, C.A., "Design
for multiscale topographic mapping with minimal generalization" (2.5MB
PDF).
15. Coffee Hour
Talk by Dr.
B.P. Buttenfield at Penn
State, March 26, 2010.
"Mapping Hydrography
With the Best of Intentions" Watch the synchronized video and Powerpoint
combination on "MediaSite Live" (click on the link and the
presentation starts automatically after a brief set up; you may be prompted to install iTunes). The talk is 1 hour and 6 minutes in
length, and is hosted through Geography's Coffee Hour to Go program.
14. Five papers by
students in C.A. Brewer's Seminar
in
Cartography: Multiscale Hydrography.
Presented December 4, 2009, at USGS Headquarters in Reston VA:
Ross, Kevin, "Ladder versus star: Comparing Two
Approaches for Generalizing Hydrologic Flowline Data Across Multiple
Scales," 18pp (400KB PDF)
Tyrna, Abbey,
"Using Surface
Hydrologic Connections to Select or Prune National Wetland Inventory
Wetland Features for the National Hydrography Dataset," 12pp (3.7MB PDF)
Wilmer, James,
"National
Hydrographic Data: Generalization and "The Principles of Selection","
16pp (5.5MB Word file)
Smithgall,
Mark, "Multi-Representation Database Development: Review and
Recommendations for National Mapping," 14pp (900KB PDF)
Raposo, Paulo, "Review of DEM Stream Derivation
and Spectral Hydrographic Feature Detection for Cartographic Processing
of the USGS National Hydrography Dataset," 16pp (3.5MB PDF)
Citation of these papers would
also include the date, 2009, and completing information such as
"Unpublished seminar paper, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park."
13. Series of
related
papers presented at NACIS 2009 and
ICC2009 conferences, authored by B.P. Buttenfield, C.A. Brewer, and E.L. Usery:
Brewer
et al., "Designing
The
National Map by USGS for Multi-scale Online Use" (23MB PDF).
Buttenfield et al., "Place Still Matters:
Generalizing the
National Hydrography Dataset by Local Terrain and Climate" (2.5MB PDF)
Brewer et al. "Evaluating
Generalizations of Hydrography in Differing Terrains for The National
Map of the United States":
Proceedings
paper, 24th International Cartographic Conference (ICC2009), Santiago, Chile, November 2009, 12 pp. (2.2MB PDF)
Presentation
at ICC2009 (10MB PDF).
12. Refereed article on
conceptual background for the ScaleMaster project (PDF and HTML
versions on Springer Open Access):
Brewer, C.A.,
and B.P. Buttenfield. 2009.
"Mastering Map Scale: Balancing Workloads
Using
Display and Geometry Change in Multi-scale Mapping." Geoinformatica, 14(2): 221–239. DOI
10.1007/s10707-009-0083-6
11. Proceedings
paper for AutoCarto
2008 conference (1.3MB
PDF) :
Brewer, C.A. and M.K. Akella, 2008, "Multi-resolution
Multi-scale Topographic Map Design: Toward a New Look for The
National Map," Proceeding
of AutoCarto 2008, September, 12 pp.
10. Paper
presented at NACIS 2008 conference (3.6MB
PDF) by R. Roth et
al.
9.
Paper
presented at GIScience 2008
conference (0.8MB PDF) and extended abstract (0.3MB PDF) by M. Stryker et
al.
The presentation included demonstration of the interactive
ScaleMaster version linked in item 8 below.
8.
Interactive version of ScaleMaster
by M. Stryker
and R. Roth
with assistance from C. Fish
and D. Schoch.
7.
References
cited on Roth et al. poster
(PDF) and Booklet
of operator descriptions (3.6MB PDF) with references
(contains poster content formatted to print double sided and staple
across top).
6. Poster
presented
at GIScience 2008
and NACIS 2008
conferences by R. Roth, M. Stryker, and C. Brewer: "A Typology of
Muliti-scale
Mapping Operators" (8.5MB PDF).
5. ScaleMaster is
profiled on Mapping
Center in this blog entry by C.
Frye (items
available in ZIP file linked on the blog are the same as 1,
3,
and 4
below).
4. Proceedings paper for ICC2007 conference:
Brewer, C.A., B.P. Buttenfield, C.
Frye, and J.
Acosta, 2007, "Scalemaster:
Multi-Scale Mapmaking from
Multiple
Database Resolutions and for Multiple Map Purposes,"
Proceedings,
23rd International Cartographic Conference (ICC2007), Moscow, Russia,
August, 10 pp (1.4MB PDF).
3.
Papers
presented by C.
Brewer, J. Acosta, B. Buttenfield, C. Frye, and A. Buckley:
ICC2007
conference in Moscow: "Scalemaster:
Multi-Scale Mapmaking from Multiple Database Resolutions and for
Multiple Map
Purposes" (3.2MB
PDF).
Extended version at NACIS 2007
(North
American
Cartographic Information Society) conference: "ScaleMaster
Characterization of Types of Design Changes Through Scale for Mapping
from Multi Resolution Databases" (3MB PDF).
2. Early work
on the ScaleMaster project:
Paper
presented at AutoCarto 2006 conference): C. Brewer
and B. Buttenfield, "Mastering
Map Scale: Formalizing Guidelines for Multiscale Map Design" (1.8MB
PDF).
Refereed article: Brewer,
C.A., and B.P. Buttenfield,
2007, "Framing
Guidelines for
Multi-Scale
Map Design Using Databases at Multiple Resolutions," Cartography and Geographic Information Science,
34(1): 3-15 (3.6MB
PDF).
1.
The
original ScaleMaster diagram
(Excel file), for manual editing to describe design and generalization
choices through scale. The four diagrams in this file are from map
designs by J. Acosta (note Excel page tabs).
Go back to Cindy's
page
or PSU
Geography or National
Mapping Expertise Exchange or GeoVISTA