分析了GIS中常用的空间距离度量及其存在的问题,这些距离度量没有顾及空间目标的整体形状、位置分布等特征。基于此,引入了Hausdorff距离的概念,给出了Hausdorff距离的计算方法,分析指出了Hausdorff距离容易受空间目标局部几何形状的影响。进而从统计学的角度分析了现有的距离度量并不能有效地表达空间目标间距离的整体分布,并提出了一种广义Hausdorff距离模型,这种距离模型能够度量空间目标间距离分布的中心趋势和离散度。实际算例证明了此模型在GIS环境下的实现方法。
Existing computational models for the distance between spatial objects are evaluated. The concept of the Hausdorff distance is introduced as a metric indicator. This distance is further extended to form a new concept-generalized Hausdorff distance, which is a more generic model suitable for different types of spatial objects. This distance model includes two measures, distance range and median Hausdorff distance. The former represents the dispersion of whole distance distribution, and the latter represents the central tendency of the distance distribution. In the meantime, a practical example with various types of spatial objects is provided to illustrate the implementation of this model in the Arcview.