ScaleMaster Resources
This page is linked to Cindy
Brewer's home
page.
And ScaleMaster.org
forwards to this page.
ScaleMaster is a
structured diagram for organizing multi-scale
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 (1. below). Other resources are listed and
linked as we continue to develop the idea.
The
ScaleMaster project is a collaboration among
Cindy Brewer, Barbara Buttenfield, Charlie Frye, Lynn Usery, Mamata
Akella, Jessica Acosta, Robert
Roth, Michael Stryker, Carolyn Fish, and Douglas Schoch.
The work was funded by
ESRI through
Professional Services Agreements 2003B6345, 2003B6346, 2003B6347 and
2006B2964.
Ongoing
funding from 2007 to present from the USGS
Center of Excellence for
Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS)
through Cooperative
Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) agreements 04HQAG0121
and 06HQAG0131.
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 Jessica Acosta (note Excel page tabs).
2. Refereed article on
early work on the ScaleMaster project (3.6MB PDF):
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. Paper
presented at ICC2007
conference (3.2MB PDF) in Moscow by Cynthia Brewer.
4. Proceedings paper for ICC2007 conference
(1.4MB PDF):
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.
5. ScaleMaster is
profiled on Mapping Center in this blog entry by Charlie Frye (items
available in ZIP file linked on the blog are the same as 1,
3,
and 4
above).
6. Poster presented
at GIScience 2008
and NACIS 2008
conferences by Robert Roth,
Michael Stryker, and Cynthia Brewer: "A Typology of Muliti-scale
Mapping Operators" (8.5MB PDF).
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).
8.
Interactive version of ScaleMaster
by M. Stryker
and R. Roth
with assistance from Carolyn Fish
and Douglas Schoch.
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
above.
10. Paper presented at NACIS 2008 conference (North American
Cartographic Information Society) (3.6MB
PDF) by R. Roth et
al.
11. Proceedings paper for AutoCarto
2008 conference (1.3MB
PDF) :
Brewer, C.A. and Mamata 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.
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 (in press):
DOI
10.1007/s10707-009-0083-6
13. Related papers presented at NACIS 2009 conference, authored by B.P. Buttenfield, C.A. Brewer, and E.L. Usery:
"Designing The
National Map by USGS for Multi-scale Online Use" by Brewer et al. (23MB PDF).
"Place Still Matters: Generalizing the
National Hydrography Dataset by Local Terrain and Climate" by Buttenfield et al. (2.5MB PDF).
Go back to Cindy's
page
or PSU
Geography or GeoVISTA