基于ArcGIS平台的地质制图的实现

Design and implementation of geological cartography using ArcGIS

地图符号作为地图语言在地图的制作和输出中起着非常重要的作用。美国ESRI公司开发的ArcGIS是功能强大的GIS软件平台,制图模块ArcMap中自带的符号库不能满足中国基本比例尺地图输出的要求,因此必须为它建立符合地图图式要求的符号库。通过对基于ArcGIS平台设计的一套简单易用、符合标准的地质图图例库的分析,提出了解决基于ArcGIS平台的地质图制图的方法。

Map symbols play an important role in the map design and output. For symbol database in ArcMap, which is a mapping module of ArcGIS developed by US ESRI Co,.Ltd, can＇t meet the requirement for output of basic scale map in China, it is necessary to design new symbol database accorded with requirement. According to the analysis on pratical and normative symbol database for geological map based on ArcGIS, this paper introduces a method to solve the questions in the process of geological cartography using ArcGIS.