Abstract:
In view of the shortcomings such as complex algorithm design, code implementation, high cost and long period in the existent methods for extracting skeleton line from arbitrary polygons, the authors put forward an automatic method for extracting skeleton lines from arbitrary polygons based on geographic information system (GIS) space analysis. First, the electronic maps are taken as the data sources, and the polygon vector boundaries of the spatial objects are extracted and preprocessed by using the model tool of ENVI classification in the ArcToolbox toolbox with the platform support of the ENVI and the ArcGIS. Secondly, variable tools such as data processing, spatial analysis and file conversion are combined for extracting the nodes of skeleton lines and post-processing them. Then, the object oriented programming language of Python is used and combined with the ArcPy package for programming the scripts to extract the skeleton lines automatically. Furthermore, the visual modeling tool of ModelBuilder is used to build the model for extracting the skeleton lines automatically. Finally, the method is applied to the extraction of the skeleton line of the road and the building polygons boundary respectively. The experimental process and its results show that the method has characteristics of effectiveness, practicality and operability.