On cartographic visualization
地图可视化研究

Cartographic visualization is one of the focuses of cartography,and is now attracting more and more attention. The paper gives the definition of cartographic visualization in the beginning,and then presents some characteristics of cartographic visualization. The diagram of cartographic visualization research is putforward in the most important part of this paper,which includes six parts. There are research on cartographic visualization variables,research on classification of cartographic visualization,research on spatial- temporal data structure and models,research on the impact of visualization and perception of visualization,research on virtual reality,research on spatial cognition and the communication of spatial information. In the end,a case study on Beijing 3D terrain is introduced.