the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40771174 and 40301043);the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20070247046);the Program for ShuGuang Scholarship of Shanghai (Grant No. 07SG24);Foundation of Shanghai Ris-ing-Star Program (Grant No. 05QMX1456)
The conflation of geographic datasets is one of the key technologies in the realm of spatial data capture and integration in geographic information system (GIS). Map conflation is a complex process of matching and mer...