Reading Street Names from Maps - Technical Challenges

An unsolved problem in automated map conversion is the recognitionof street lines and their associated names. This paper describesour efforts to overcome the challenges by this endeavor. The goalof this research is to develop the techniques for conversion, evaluatetheir effectiveness and estimate the cost of conversion. Since anycompletely automated approach is unlikely to be perfect, interactiveerror correction is integrated into automated conversion and all operatorcorrections are...