Abstract
The cartographic labeling problem is the problem of
placing text on a map. This includes the positioning
of the labels, and determining the shape in the case
of line and area feature labels. There are many
rules and customs that describe aspects of good
label placement, like readability and clear
association. This paper gives a classification of
most label placement rules, and formalizes them into
a function that can serve as a quality measure for
label placement. If such a function is implemented,
it allows to compare the output of different label
placement programs. We give a simple and a more
refined example of the quality function.
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