JP3185577B2 - Cartography system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a map creating system for creating an optimal map for representing various distributions and the like affected by elevation based on, for example, map information on which contour lines are drawn.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Plate making of a print map is performed manually. For example, in the case of a print map made by printing a special color plate of about 4 to 12 colors on the basis of a black plate, a light-shielding layer is provided for each color on a two-layer scribe sheet in which a transparent layer and a light-shielding layer are laminated. A necessary curve is formed by shaving with a blade or the like.

[0003] Also, a title created by photo-typesetting separately,
Place names, symbols, etc. are attached to predetermined positions on the backing paper and photographed to form a negative film.

[0004] Next, the scribe sheet and the negative film are superimposed and exposed in close contact to form a black plate. In addition, the scribe sheet and the flat screen film are superposed and exposed in close contact to form a sepia plate (contour lines and the like) and blue. Editions (rivers, sea areas, etc.),
We make special editions of green editions (forests, fields, etc.) and overprint these to create a print map.

[0005]

However, in plate making of such a print map, for example, when the altitude is represented on a mountainous area map, it is conceivable that the density of the print color is increased as the altitude is increased. It is a very difficult task to sequentially increase the density of the printing color in accordance with the contour lines.

That is, since the contour lines in the mountainous area have many curved portions and a narrow pitch and are dense, it is difficult to change the density of the printing color between these contour lines.
Even if this work can be performed, more complicated work must be performed in order to correct or correct the print colors, map contents, and the like.

Specifically, when making such corrections and corrections, a scribe sheet and a negative film are prepared again,
The scribe sheet and the negative film are superimposed and closely exposed to create a black plate, and the scribe sheet and the flat-screen film are superimposed and closely exposed to create a sepia, blue and green special color plate. Must be reprinted to recreate a printed map.

[0008] Therefore, creating a print map requires a great deal of labor, which requires a great deal of labor and expense.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a map creation system capable of quickly creating a print map of a desired print color in accordance with an altitude by contour lines with a simple operation.

Further, the present invention provides a map creation system which can quickly set a desired print color according to an altitude or the like based on contour lines by a simple operation, and express various distribution states which differ depending on the altitude or the like on a print map. The purpose is to:

[0011]

According to the first aspect, a storage means for storing at least map information on which contour lines are drawn, an information adding means for adding at least height information to the contour lines, Color specifying means for specifying the type of color by using
The height information added to the diagram display and contour lines
A setting screen for specifying the desired color information
The setting display section to display and output and the map information
Select the height information of the contour line
To set desired color information on the setting screen
And color information setting means for determining height information corresponding to the color information specified by the color specifying means, and setting color information in a region between contour lines in the map information that matches the height information. And an output unit for outputting the map information in which the color information is set by the color information setting unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a map creating system including a display unit for outputting map information in which color information is set in color display.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a map creating system including a print output unit that receives map information in which color information is set, and performs color printing on a print sheet in accordance with the map information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the information adding means is a map creating system which adds height information and adds at least a symbol pattern, a character, and a code to the map information.

According to the fifth aspect, on the setting screen,
Color information settings include yellow, magenta, cyan, and black.
This is a map creation system that variably sets each dot percentage of the map.

According to the sixth aspect, the color information setting means includes
Indicate the pitch between contour lines in the range of height information,
This is a map creation system that specifies desired color information in an area between high lines .

According to claim 7, the color information setting means includes:
A map creation system having a function of changing setting of color information corresponding to height information of a high line .

According to the eighth aspect, the color information setting means is a map creation system having a function of sequentially changing the shading of the color information designated according to the level of the contour line.

[0019]

[0020]

According to the first aspect, height information for the contour line is added to at least the map information on which the contour line is drawn, and a color type is designated for the height information. Then, height information corresponding to the designated color information is determined, and the color information is set in a region between contour lines in the map information that matches the height information. This height information
When setting color information for, a map with contour lines drawn
Display and output information and specify desired color information with it
Display screen for setting up
Select the height information of the contour line from the map information, and
Set desired color information on the setting screen for
You. With this, the color information of the altitude by the contour line is set.
You. Then, the map information in which the color information is set is output. As a result, a print map of a desired print color according to the altitude or the like based on the contour lines is quickly created by a simple operation.

According to the second aspect, map information in which color information is set in an area between contour lines is output in a color display.

According to the third aspect, the map information in which the color information is set in the area between the contour lines is received, and in accordance with the map information, for example, a printer or a plate-making output device performs color printing on printing paper.

According to the fourth aspect, height information is added to the contour lines of the map information.
By adding a code or the like, for example, the expression of a mountain area or a plain area is expanded.

According to the fifth aspect, the color of the elevation by the contour line
Information is displayed on the setting screen, yellow, magenta, and shear.
Variably set each halftone dot percentage of black and black
, Desired color information is set.

According to the sixth aspect, when setting the color information of the altitude by the contour line, the pitch between the contour lines, for example, 100
Instruct m intervals, 200 intervals, between the contour lines of this pitch
Specify desired color information in the area.

According to the seventh aspect, the color information of the elevation by the contour line is freely set to a desired color with respect to the height information of the contour line.
Can be changed.

According to the eighth aspect, the color information of the altitude by the contour line is obtained by changing the density of the color information designated according to the level of the contour line.
Can be changed sequentially.

[0028]

[0029]

【Example】

(1) Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a map creation system.

Various I / Fs (interfaces) 3 to 8 are connected to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1 via a bus line 2, and a RAM (random access) used as a work area during the processing operation of the CPU 1. Memory) 9, R0M (read only memory) 10 for storing programs
Is connected.

An FDD (floppy disk drive) 11 is connected to the FDD I / F 3.

The FDD 11 has map information 2 consisting of railways, roads, boundaries, water (rivers), and contour lines as shown in FIG.
0 is stored. The map information 20 is a part of the entire map information.

The map information 20 has a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. That is, railway layer 21, road layer 2
2. Boundary layer 23, water layer 24, each contour layer 25a-25
e, having a base frame.

Of these, for example, the railway layer 21 indicates a railway line as shown in FIG. 4A, the road layer 22 indicates a road as shown in FIG. ) Shows the boundaries of cities and towns, and the water layer 24 shows rivers, lakes, ponds, etc. as shown in FIG.

The contour layers 25a to 25e indicate the elevations of the contours marked on the map. For example, FIG. 4E shows the interval between the contours of the contour layer 25b at an elevation of 400 to 600 m. .

The railway layer 21, the road layer 22, the boundary layer 23, the water layer 24, and the upper right portions of the contour layers 25a to 25e are shown on the upper right of each of the railway layers, roads, boundaries, water, 0 to indicate the respective layers.
100, 100-200, 200-400, 400-6
The characters 00 and 600 to 800 are shifted from each other so as not to overlap each other.

The railway layer 21, the road layer 22, the boundary layer 23, and the water layer 24 are FDD as basic information.
11, each of the contour layers 25a to 25e is information added as additional information.

The FDD 11 is not limited to this,
An HDD (hard disk drive), a magnetic tape reader, a CD-ROM reader, an optical disk reader, a magneto-optical disk reader, a communication line, or the like may be appropriately selected and used in combination.

An HDD 26 is connected to the HDD I / F 4, and map information read from the FDD 9 is stored in the HDD 26 as needed.

The HDD 26 is not limited to this, and is appropriately selected by an FDD, a magnetic tape writer (reader), an optical disk writer (reader), a magneto-optical disk writer (reader), and the like. Good.

A pointing device 27 for inputting a work instruction is connected to the pointing device I / F 5.

The pointing device 27 performs an operation for selecting map information of a desired portion from the entire map information, an operation for adding various design patterns to the map information, and a method for controlling contour lines of the map information. It is for inputting a series of operation instructions when creating a print map with contour lines, such as operations for setting colors, and is, for example, an operation end of a mouse, a trackball, a digitizer, a touch pen, a keyboard, etc. May be used in combination.

A monitor television (hereinafter abbreviated as a monitor) 28 is connected to the I / F 6. The monitor 28 displays a series of operation instructions and map information for creating a print map on a monitor, and uses, for example, a CRT or a liquid crystal display device.

The printer 29 is connected to the printer I / F 7, and the plate making output device 30 is connected to the plate making output device I / F 8. The printer 29 mainly prints out a sample print map, and includes, for example, a laser printer, a thermal printer, a thermal transfer printer, a pressure-sensitive printer, a pressure-sensitive transfer printer, an electrostatic printer, an electrostatic transfer printer, and an ink jet printer. Printers, monochrome,
The color can be appropriately selected.

The plate making output device 30 mainly outputs a film for plate making. For example, an image setter,
An output drum of a plate making scanner may be employed. The plate making output device 30 mainly exposes a halftone dot to a silver halide photosensitive film and a non-silver halide photosensitive film, but may output in a continuous tone as needed, and can also output a line drawing.

The printer 29 and the plate making output device 30 are not limited to these, and may be a storage medium writing means appropriately selected by an FDD, a magnetic tape writer, an optical disk writer, a magneto-optical disk writer, or a combination thereof. Is also good.

At this time, the output is once written in a storage medium, inputted off-line to a known printing plate making system such as a layout scanner, and output by an output means of the layout scanner.

Further, at this time, the image may be edited together with photographs, characters, illustrations, logos, and the like by using the editing function of the layout scanner, and output in a directly printable state. This means that when photographs, characters, illustrations, logos, etc. are printed in addition to the illustration map such as a magazine or pamphlet, the editing function is limited by the function of the printing map plate making system alone, and the plate making film from the plate making output device 30 is This is to reduce the time and effort required to manually compose a photolithographic film to which other photographs, characters, illustrations, logos, and the like have been exposed to produce a directly printable film.

Further, the plate making output device 30 may be replaced with a communication means and connected online with a printing plate making system such as a layout scanner through a communication line. Conversely, the map making system of the present invention is incorporated in a printing plate making system such as a layout scanner. It is also possible.

On the other hand, the CPU 1 performs a processing operation according to a program stored in the ROM 10 to
Have the respective functions shown in FIG.

The information reading means 1-1 has a function of reading necessary map information from the map information stored in the FDD 11.

The information extracting means 1-2 is the information reading means 1.
-1 has a function of cutting out a target portion from the map information read by -1.

The map basic information creating means 1-3 has a function of deleting map information around the target portion extracted by the information extracting means 1-2 to create map basic information.

The information adding means 1-4 has a function of adding additional information, that is, contour line layers 25a to 25e, to the basic map information created by the basic map information creating means 1-3.

The symbol pattern adding means 1-5 has a function of adding a symbol pattern to the basic map information. This symbol pattern is, for example, a pattern representing a park, a farm, the sea, a river or the like as shown in FIG. 6, and these symbol patterns are stored in advance.

The color information setting means 1-6 has a function of judging color information for each contour line designated by the pointing device 27 and setting the color information in an area between the contour lines in the map information that matches the color information. A map display section 16a, a setting display section 16b, and an operation section 1
6c.

The map display section 16a has a function of displaying and outputting map information on which contour lines are drawn on the left half of the display screen of the monitor 28.

The setting display section 16b outputs a setting screen for designating color information designated by the pointing device 27 with respect to the height information added to the contour lines, in the center of the display screen of the monitor 28. It has the function to do.

The operation section 16c receives a designation from the pointing device 27, designates a contour line for setting a color on the screen of the monitor 28 by using a cursor, a marker, or the like, and selects the contour line on the setting screen. It has a function of setting desired color information using a cursor, a marker, or the like.

The operation section 16c has a function of setting color information on the setting screen by variably setting the halftone dot percentages of yellow, magenta, cyan and black, and designating all colors. I have.

Further, the operation unit 16c has a function of designating a pitch between contour lines and designating desired color information in an area between these contour lines, a function of changing setting of color information for each contour line, and a function of the contour lines. It has a function of sequentially varying the shading of the designated color information.

The output means 1-7 has a function of converting the basic map information, in which the color information is set, into a predetermined signal format to the monitor 28, the printer 29, and the plate making output device 30, and sending each of them. ing.

Next, the operation of the map creating system configured as described above will be described.

When an instruction to create a map is input from the pointing device 27 by the operation of the worker, the information reading means 1-1 of the CPU 1 reads out the map information from the FDD 11 and outputs it to the monitor 28 for display.

When the target portion, that is, the area coordinates of the portion to be cut out is designated from the pointing device 27 by the operation of the worker while looking at the displayed map information,
The information extracting means 1-2 extracts a target portion from the previously read map information.

Here, the area to be cut out is generally a rectangle, but is not limited to this. Any closed figure such as a circle, a triangle, a polygon, a parallelogram, and a free closed figure may be used.

Next, the map basic information creating means 1-3 creates map basic information by deleting the periphery of the cut target portion of the map information.

When the basic map information is created as described above,
The information adding means 1-4 adds additional information to the map basic information, that is, the contour line layers 25a to 25e. For example, with respect to the contour layers 25a to 25e,
00-200m, 200-400m, 400-600
m and 600 to 800 m are added.

The basic map information to which the additional information has been added is displayed and output to the mony 28 in accordance with a command from the CPU 1. FIG. 7 shows the displayed and output basic map information.

The basic map information 20 has a hierarchical structure in which a railway layer 21, a road layer 22, a boundary layer 23, a water layer 24, and contour layers 25a to 25e are superimposed as shown in FIG. The result of superimposing these is displayed and output.

In the upper right part of the basic map information 20,
Railway, road, boundary, water, 0-100, 100
~ 200, 200 ~ 400, 400 ~ 600, 600 ~
800 characters are displayed.

The symbol pattern adding means 1-5 adds symbol patterns such as parks and farms as shown in FIG. 6 to the basic map information, if necessary.

For example, if there is a park or a farm in the map information,
The symbol pattern shown in FIG. 6 is selected and set for each of these parks and farms. The selection of the symbol pattern is performed by the operation of the pointing device 27 by the operator.

In the symbol pattern adding means 1-5, if a plurality of symbol patterns are stored in advance for, for example, a park and a farm, a desired symbol pattern can be selected from these symbol patterns. It is also possible to correct the design pattern.

Next, the color information for the contour lines is set by the operation of the pointing device 27 and the function of the color information setting means 1-6 of the CPU 1.

When a color information setting instruction is input from the pointing device 27 by the operation of the worker, the map display section 16a instructs the right half of the display screen of the monitor 28 to set the color information as shown in FIG. Basic map information on which contour lines are drawn is displayed, and colored map information after color information setting is displayed in the left half thereof.

Since no color has been set at this stage, the map information is not displayed in color.

On this display screen, the cursor is moved to the contour line of the altitude for setting the color information, for example, the contour lines 400 to 600, by the operation of the pointing device 27 by the operator, and the contour lines 400 to 6 are displayed.
00 is input.

In response to the input of the contour line selection instruction, the display setting unit 16b makes a plurality of black circle marks along the contour line 400 among the contour lines 400 to 600 as shown in FIG.

Next, when a color setting instruction is input by the operator operating the pointing device 27, the display setting section 16b displays a setting screen 16r at the center of the screen of the monitor 28 as shown in FIG. .

The setting screen 16r displays characters of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, and displays respective designated areas for designating the respective dot percentages corresponding to these characters.

The setting screen 16r is not limited to the setting of the color information, but may be other setting changes, for example, not only the pitch between contour lines, that is, 400 to 600 m, but also 200 to 600 m.
To change the setting of the pitch between contour lines, and a portion for specifying desired color information in the region between these contour lines, a portion for changing the setting of color information for the contour lines, and sequentially varying the shading of the color information specified according to the height of the contour lines. A portion to be performed may be appropriately added.

On the setting screen 16r, for example, green color information is set by the operation of the pointing device 27 by the operator.

That is, when yellow, magenta, cyan, or black and the dot percentage of the green information are inputted, the color information setting means 1-6
The contour line 400 to 600 m corresponding to the green information is determined, and the green information is set in a region between the contour lines on the basic map information that matches the contour line 400 to 600 m.

As a result, as shown in FIG.
8 on the right half display screen, contour lines 400 to 600
Green set in the area of m is displayed in color. In addition,
In the figure, the display is not shown by a green color but by a mesh line.

Subsequently, the operator operates the pointing device 27 to input, for example, contour lines 600 to 800, and inputs and inputs the color information, for example, yellow, magenta, cyan, or black for the blue information, and the dot percentage thereof. And the color information setting means 1-6
The contour lines 600 to 800 m corresponding to the blue information are determined, and the green information is set in a region between the contour lines on the basic map information that matches the contour lines 600 to 800 m.

As a result, as shown in FIG.
On the right half display screen of FIG. 8, in addition to the green color display, blue is displayed in color in the region of the contour lines 600 to 800 m.

When the color information is set in each area between the contour lines to display the map information in color, the pitch between the contour lines for setting the color information is changed by the operator using the pointing device 27. The user inputs an altitude of a contour line for changing and setting color information by operation, for example, 400 to 800 m, and then operates the pointing device 27 to redisplay the setting screen 16r on the screen of the monitor 28 to display color information such as red information. , Magenta, cyan or black, and the dot percentage thereof.

If the altitude at which the color information is changed and the color thereof are reset, the area between the contour lines at an altitude of 400 to 800 m is displayed in red.

If the color information is simply changed without changing the pitch of the contour lines, for example, if the area between the contour lines at an altitude of 400 to 600 m, which is displayed in green, is changed to red, Of the contour line for changing and setting the color information by operating the pointing device 27, for example, 400 to 600 m, and then operating the pointing device 27 to redisplay the setting screen 16r on the screen of the monitor 28. For color information, for example, red information, yellow, magenta, cyan or black, and its dot percentage are input by instruction.

As a result, the area between the contour lines at an altitude of 400 to 600 m is displayed in color from green to red.

In the case where the shading of the designated color information is sequentially changed according to the level of the contour line, for example, when the shading of the green is sequentially increased from a low altitude to a high altitude,
The altitude of the contour line is 0 to 100, 100 to 200, 200 to 4 by the operation of the pointing device 27 by the worker.
00, 400-600, 600-800,
Every time the altitude is designated, yellow, magenta, cyan, or black for the green information and its dot percentage are input.

At this time, the dot percentage of each color is a value that increases or decreases at a predetermined rate according to the altitude.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 13, the monitor 28 displays an altitude of 0 to 100 m, 100 to 200 m,.
It is displayed as map information having a gradation in which the density of green is changed as the height increases from 0 to 800 m,
In this case, a map having a three-dimensional appearance such as a slope is expressed. Note that the contour lines may be finely pitched to enhance the three-dimensional effect.

On the other hand, each map information created and displayed in color is converted into a corresponding predetermined signal form by the output means 1-7 to the printer 29 and the plate making output device 30, and is sent out. You.

The printer 29 mainly prints out a sample print map, and the plate making output device 30 outputs mainly as a plate making film.

When color information is set between contour lines indicating an altitude difference as described above, the present invention can be applied to expression of an object having a distribution different depending on the altitude.

(A) For example, the habitat distribution of flora and fauna in a plain, a mountain, or the like on land can be represented. That is, altitude 6
When expressing that the distribution of a certain plant is large in the range of 00 to 800 m, the operator operates the pointing device 27 to input the elevation of the contour line in which the distribution of the plant is large, that is, 600 to 800 m in the same manner as described above.

Next, by operating the pointing device 27, the setting screen 16r is redisplayed on the screen of the monitor 28, where color information, for example, yellow, magenta, cyan or black for yellow information indicating the plant, and its net Enter the point percentage.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 14, the monitor 28 displays a color yellow in the region of the contour lines 600 to 800 m, which indicates that the distribution of the plant is large. The map information of the plant distribution is mainly printed out by the printer 29 as a print map of the sample, and the plate making output device 3
0 is output mainly as a plate making film.

(B) When expressing the distribution of two types of plants due to the difference in altitude, the operator operates the pointing device 27 to input an altitude of 600 to 800 m on the contour line where the distribution of the first type of plant is large. Then, the user operates the pointing device 27 to redisplay the setting screen 16r on the screen of the monitor 28, where color information such as yellow, magenta, cyan, or black for yellow information indicating the plant, and its halftone dot are displayed. Enter a percentage.

Subsequently, similarly to the above, an altitude of 400 to 600 m of a contour line with a large distribution of the second kind of plant is input by instruction.
Next, yellow, magenta, cyan, or black with respect to the red information indicating the plant, and its dot percentage are input by instruction.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, the monitor 28 displays in yellow the color indicating that the distribution of the first kind of plant is large in the area of the contour lines 600 to 800 m, and displays the color 2 in the area of the contour lines 400 to 600 m as shown in FIG. A red color is displayed to indicate that there are many types of plants.

By looking at such a color-displayed map and a printed color map, it is possible to see at a glance animals and plants having different distributions depending on the altitude.

(C) Not only distribution of animals and plants but also conditions such as deforestation and pollution can be expressed.

For example, when expressing a situation in which forests are destroyed by acid rain, if the degree of deforestation varies depending on altitude, this degree can be represented by color information.

That is, contour lines 0 to 100, 100 to 2
00, 200-400, 400-600, 600-80
The degree of deforestation due to 0 is set separately using data indicating the degree of deforestation, and color information corresponding to these degrees is set.

[0109] In the case of a map which is set in color information and displayed in color, or a color map printed out or the like, the degree of deforestation can be known at a glance.

(D) The distribution of fish and the like in the ocean can be represented.

For example, in the map information, a contour line which is a contour line of the ocean is drawn. On the other hand, fish and the like that inhabit and distribute differ depending on the depth of the ocean.

Therefore, for example, when the distribution of fish at the contour line 20 to 30 m is large, the operator operates the pointing device 27 to input the depth 20 to 30 m of the contour line at which the fish distribution is large, as described above. The setting screen 16r is redisplayed on the screen of the monitor 28, where color information such as yellow for yellow information indicating the fish,
The user inputs magenta, cyan or black, and its dot percentage.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 16, the monitor 28 displays a yellow color indicating that the distribution of the fish is large in the area of the contour line 20 to 30 m.

(E) The status of marine resources, marine pollution, etc. can be expressed.

For example, when expressing the status of marine pollution,
If the degree of contamination differs depending on the depth of the ocean, this degree can be represented by color information.

That is, contour lines 0 to 10 m, 10 to 20
m, 20 to 30 m, the degree of marine pollution is set separately using data indicating the degree of marine pollution, and color information corresponding to these degrees is set.

In the case of a map displayed with color information set in this way and displayed in color, and a color map printed out or the like, the status of marine pollution according to the depth can be understood at a glance.

(F) A so-called fishing map can be created by applying the difference in the fish that inhabit and distribute according to the depth of the ocean. That is, fish that inhabit and distribute by contour lines can be distinguished and represented by color information.

Then, the type of fish that can be caught according to the depth, the length of the reel when actually fishing according to this fish, the strength of the reel, and the like can be expressed. In addition, if you add a layer of additional information indicating promising points that can be caught in the map information,
You can express the most promising point of the fish.

(G) Objects that further affect altitude include:
It is also applicable to the Sakura Front and the Autumn Leaves Front.

(H) Furthermore, a pictorial map can be obtained by greatly changing the color arrangement balance for each altitude and randomly arranging primary colors such as red, blue, and yellow.

As described above, in the first embodiment,
To map information on which contour lines are drawn, add an altitude for the contour line, and set color information for the altitude,
Since the area between the contour lines corresponding to the color information is obtained as a color display based on the color information, and further as a printout and a prepress output, a map in a color corresponding to the altitude of the mountainous area can be obtained. In addition, it is possible to obtain a map in which each of the regions between the contour lines having a large number of curved portions in the mountainous portions, the pitches thereof being narrow and dense, and having different colors is obtained.

Such a color display map requires a great deal of labor such as re-creation of a scribe sheet and a negative film when correcting and changing the color and the like, and therefore requires a great deal of labor and cost. However, since such corrections and changes are handled as digital data of the map information and the additional information, the corrections and changes can be easily and easily performed on the screen of the monitor 28, and the map after the correction and change is used. Information can be instantly displayed in color on the screen of the monitor 28 and printed out.

When color information is set for contour lines, map information on which contour lines are drawn is displayed and output, and a setting screen for designating desired color information is also displayed and output. Can be performed while confirming the contour line on the screen of the monitor 28, and can be corrected and changed immediately after confirming the actual color of the contacted color information.

Further, since the setting of the color information is set by yellow, magenta, cyan and black by the dot percentage, the map information can be sent to the plate making output device 30.

Further, in setting the color information, the pitch between the contour lines can be changed, the color for the contour lines can be freely changed to a desired color, and the density of the color information designated according to the level of the contour lines can be sequentially changed.

By setting the color information for the contour lines as described above, the habitat distribution of flora and fauna on the land, such as plains and mountains, can be expressed. Furthermore, the distribution of two types of plants due to differences in altitude, deforestation and pollution If the differences in the fish that are distributed according to the situation such as the distribution of fish in the ocean, the status of marine resources and marine pollution, and the depth of the ocean, the so-called fishing map can be applied, The front and autumn leaves front can be expressed.

(2) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the second embodiment, in addition to the map information of mainly mountainous areas where contour lines are drawn, the map information is expanded and applied to the map information of urban areas.

In this case, the map information stored in the FDD 11 includes a street division layer, a building layer, a station name layer, a building name layer, a target A pattern layer, and a target B pattern layer as shown in FIG. It has a structure.

For example, in the building name layer, as shown in FIG. 18, libraries, public halls, and the like are stored as building names.

The target A pattern layer and the target B pattern layer store target objects such as eating and drinking points, clothing stores, and public facilities as black circle marks. In a map creation system using such map information, when an instruction to create a map is input from the pointing device 27 by an operation of a worker, the information reading means 1-1 of the CPU 1 reads the map information from the FDD 11. And display it on the monitor 28.

When the operator looks at the displayed map information and operates the pointing device 27 to specify the target portion, that is, the area coordinates of the portion to be cut out.
The information extracting unit 1-2 extracts a target portion from the previously read map information.

Next, the map basic information creating means 1-3 creates map basic information by deleting the periphery of the cut-out target portion of the map information.

When the basic map information is created as described above,
The information adding means 1-4 adds additional information to the map basic information, that is, altitudes 0 to 100 m, 100 to 200 m, 20
Contour layers 25a to 25e of 0 to 400m, 400 to 600m, and 600 to 800m, a street division layer, a building layer, a station name layer, a building name layer, a target A pattern layer, and a target B pattern layer are added.

[0136] The basic map information to which the additional information is added is displayed and output to the mony 28 in accordance with a command from the CPU 1. FIG. 19 shows the displayed basic map information.

In the upper right part of the basic map information 20, roads, boundaries, 0-100, 100-200, 20
0-400, 400-600, 600-800, Goal B
Pattern, target A pattern, building name, station name, building,
The letters of railway, station, river, and street block are displayed.

Here, in the case where the shading of the designated color information is sequentially changed in accordance with the height of the contour line in the mountainous area, for example, when the shading of green is sequentially increased from a low altitude to a high altitude, as described above, the operator The elevation of the contour line is 0 to 100, 1 by operating the pointing device 27.
00-200, 200-400, 400-600, 60
0 to 800 are sequentially designated, and yellow, magenta, cyan, or black for green information and its dot percentage are designated and input every time the altitude is designated.

At this time, the dot percentage of each color is a value that increases or decreases at a predetermined ratio according to the altitude.

On the other hand, color information for buildings is set in the city area.

For example, when the library and the public hall are set to red information, the pointing device 27 by the worker is used.
, The library and the public hall are designated, respectively, and yellow, magenta, cyan or black, and the dot percentage of the red information for red information are designated and input each time the library and the public hall are designated.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 20, the monitor 28 displays altitudes 0 to 100 m, 100 to 200 m,.
The map information is displayed in color as the map information in which the density of green changes as the height increases from 0 to 800 m, and the library and the public hall are each displayed in red in color.

If there is a park or a farm in the map information, the symbol pattern shown in FIG. 6 is selected and set for each of the park and the farm. The selection of the symbol pattern is performed by reading a plurality of symbol patterns for the park and the farm by the symbol pattern adding means 1-5 in response to the operation of the pointing device 27 by the operator.

On the other hand, in the case where color information is set between contour lines indicating an altitude difference in a mountain area, the present invention can be applied to the expression of an object having a distribution different depending on the altitude in the same manner as described above.

As an example, the habitat distribution of flora and fauna in plains, mountains, and the like on land can be expressed. For example, altitude 6
When expressing that the distribution of a certain plant is large in the range of 00 to 800 m, the pointing device 27 by the worker is used.
The operator inputs the altitude of a contour line with a large distribution of the plant, that is, 600 to 800 m, and then redisplays the setting screen 16r on the screen of the monitor 28, where color information such as yellow information indicating the plant is displayed. , Magenta, cyan or black, and the dot percentage thereof.

As a result, the contour line 60 is displayed on the monitor 28.
In the area of 0 to 800 m, a yellow color indicating that the distribution of the plant is large is displayed in color. The map information of the plant distribution is printed out mainly as a sample print map by the printer 29, and is output mainly as a plate making film by the plate making output device 30.

Hereinafter, similarly, the expression of the distribution of two types of plants due to the difference in altitude, the situation of deforestation and pollution, the distribution of fish and the like in the ocean, the situation of marine resources and marine pollution, etc.
If applied to the difference in the fish species that inhabit according to the depth of the ocean, it can be applied to so-called fishing maps, and also to the expression on the cherry blossom front and autumn leaves front as objects that affect the altitude.

The map information of the mountainous and urban areas displayed in color is output to the printer 2 by the output means 1-7.
9 and the plate making output device 30 are converted into predetermined corresponding signal forms and transmitted.

The printer 29 mainly prints out a sample print map, and the plate making output device 30 outputs mainly as a plate making film.

As described above, in the second embodiment,
Since color information is set for the contour lines on the map information on which the contour lines are drawn, and the buildings and their names are added to the city area, the contour lines in the mountainous area are used in the same manner as in the first embodiment. It is possible to obtain a map in which each of the curved portions is dense and the pitch is narrow and dense, with different colors, and in addition, desired buildings in the city area, such as libraries and public halls, can be obtained in desired colors. It can be displayed in color or printed out, and in addition, it is possible to expand the expression of mountainous areas, plains, and urban areas by adding design patterns, characters, codes, and the like.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but may be modified as follows.

For example, the present invention is not limited to the objects described in the above embodiments, but may be applied to various objects as long as the objects are different in distribution depending on the altitude by contour lines or the depth by contour lines.

It is also possible to designate a color or the like for only a part of the same contour line. In this case, if the pointing device is designated so as to surround the portion, the layer of the contour line is separated into the designated portion and the other portion to form another layer, and it is possible to input an instruction such as color for each layer.

The use of the present invention is not limited to general atlases and guidebooks.
Public materials, development plans, travel guides, sports guides,
There are pamphlets.

[0155]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a map creation system which can quickly and easily create a print map of a desired print color according to an altitude or the like by contour lines.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a map creation system which can quickly set a desired print color according to an altitude or the like by contour lines and express various distribution conditions which vary depending on the altitude or the like on a print map by a simple operation. Can be provided.

Further, according to the present invention, various distribution conditions differing depending on the altitude and the depth of the ocean with a simple operation and quickly,
For example, the expression of the distribution of two types of plants at different altitudes, the situation of deforestation and pollution, the distribution of fish and other fish in the ocean, the status of marine resources and marine pollution, and the distribution of fish depending on the depth of the ocean If applied to the difference, it is possible to provide a so-called fishing map, and a map creation system capable of expressing, for example, the cherry blossom front and the autumn leaves front as objects that affect the altitude.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a map creation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of map information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure of map information.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of each layer forming a hierarchical structure of map information.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing each function of a CPU.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a symbol pattern.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing map information displayed on a monitor.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a monitor screen when setting color information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram of a monitor screen showing selection of contour lines when setting color information.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a setting screen when setting color information.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a monitor screen after setting color information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a monitor screen after setting color information at two places.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a monitor screen when the color shading is sequentially changed according to the altitude.

FIG. 14 is a diagram of a monitor screen showing a certain plant distribution.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a monitor screen of two types of plant distribution.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a monitor screen of fish distribution.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure of map information for a mountain area and a city area.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a name layer of a building.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing map information of a mountain area and a city area displayed on a monitor.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing map information of a mountain area and a city area in which buildings are set in colors.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CPU (Central Processing Unit), 11 ... FDD (Floppy Disk Drive), 20 ... Map Information, 26 ... HDD
(Hard disk drive), 27 pointing device, 28 monitor, 29 printer, 30 platemaking output device 1-1 information reading means 1-2 information cutting means 1-3 basic map information creating means 1-4 information adding means, 1-5 symbol pattern adding means, 1-6 color information setting means, 16a map display section, 16b setting display section, 16c operating section, 1 ... 7 output means.

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing at least map information on which contour lines are drawn, an information adding unit for adding at least height information for the contour lines, and a color designation for designating a color type for the height information Means and map display for displaying and outputting map information on which the contour lines are drawn
Part and the height information added to the contour line
A setting screen for specifying the desired color information
Setting display section for displaying and outputting, and the map being displayed and output
Selecting the height information of the contour line in the information, and
The desired height information is displayed on the setting screen.
An operation unit for setting color information, determining height information corresponding to the color information designated by the color designating unit, and determining the height information corresponding to the height information in an area between the contour lines in the map information. A map creation system comprising: color information setting means for setting color information; and output means for outputting the map information in which the color information is set by the color information setting means. 2. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising display means for outputting map information in which color information is set in color display.
The map creation system described. 3. The map creating system according to claim 1, further comprising print output means for receiving the map information in which the color information is set, and performing color printing on a print sheet in accordance with the map information. 4. The map creating system according to claim 1, wherein the information adding means adds at least height information and at least a symbol pattern, a character, and a code to the map information. 5. The setting of the color information on the setting screen is as follows.
Yellow, magenta, cyan and black dot parses
2. The map creation system according to claim 1 , wherein the map is variably set . 6. A color information setting means for setting a range of desired height information.
Specify the pitch between contour lines, and place it in the area between these contour lines.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein desired color information is designated.
Is the map creation system described in 3 . 7. The color information setting means converts the height information of the contour line to
Mapping system of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the to have the function of changing setting color information against. 8. A color information setting means, according to the height of the contour
4. The map creation system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of sequentially changing the shading of the designated color information .