现代专题地图图例设计的一般原则与方法

THE GENERAL PRINGIPLES AND METHODS POR DESIGNINGTHE LEGENDS OP MODERN THEMATIC MAPS

专题地图的图例设计和研究，是编制专题地图的重要环节。本文从设计和编制专题地图的实际出发，探讨了现代专题地图图例系统的一般概念，设计原则和常用的方法，用系统论的观点阐述了专题地图图例系统的基本结构和特征。并介绍了综合型图例、分解型图例和组合型图例设计的特点和方法，以及采用遥感、机助图例设计的可能性。

: The design and study on the legends of thematic maps is a key link for compiling thematic maps. In view of the practical usage of compiling the thematic maps in this pa per, the general concept, design principles and the methods of legend systems are inve stigated. Based on the systematic enqineering, in this paper, the basic structures and ch aracteristics of legend systems are discussed. Finally, the general characteristics and me thods of legend design to the different legends of synthetic, analytical and compositive types, and the possibility of computer aided legend disign are introduced.