Combining deep learning and mathematical morphology for historical map segmentation
In Proceedings of the IAPR international conference on discrete geometry and mathematical morphology (DGMM)
Abstract The digitization of historical maps enables the study of ancient, fragile, unique, and hardly accessible information sources. Main map features can be retrieved and tracked through the time for subsequent thematic analysis. The goal of this work is the vectorization step, i.e., the extraction of vector shapes of the objects of interest from raster images of maps. We are particularly interested in closed shape detection such as buildings, building blocks, gardens, rivers, etc.