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Automatic vectorisation of historical maps


Budapest, Hungary
Organisation: ICA Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital
International workshop organised by the ICA Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital.
The Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital of the International Cartographic Association in partnership with the Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University invites researchers and scholars to discuss the state of the art of automatic vectorisation of historical maps, with a high emphasis on the use of free, open source solutions.
Contributions will be organised into thematic sessions of 10-15 min. oral presentations ending with open discussion.
Topics including but not restricted to:
  • Vectorisation
  • Automatic text recognition
  • Symbol recognition
  • Pattern recognition (pattern fill, dashed lines, etc.)
All presented papers will be published on-line in the workshop proceedings. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of e-Perimetron.
The registration is free of charge until 25 February, 2020. Registration form Registration at the venue may be restricted depending on seating capability.
Venue: Lágymányos Campus Northern Block, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/a.
E-mail: avhm.workshop@gmail.com
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