测绘通报 ›› 2017, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (6): 61-67.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2017.0191

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Establishment of Fundamental Geographic Framework of National Economic Atlas

SONG Ying1,2, LIU Zixi1, CHENG Xiong1,2   

  1. 1. School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2016-09-06 Revised:2017-04-12 Online:2017-06-25 Published:2017-07-03

Abstract: In the background of the compilation and research on the National Economic Atlas of People's Republic of China (New Century Edition), this paper delved into several problems in establishing the fundamental geographic framework of the economic atlas under the technological condition of surveying and mapping, and geo-information research of the new era. Focusing on the characteristics of multi-scale, multi-resolution, multi-temporal and diversity of the atlas,the paper discussed the map projection, map scale and subdivision, map orientation, and the design of geographical base maps through comparison and demand analysis, with which the fundamental geographic framework of the atlas was determined.

Key words: economic atlas, fundamental geographic framework, map projection, scale, geographical base maps

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