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3.2 Hyperlinks
However, such strict linear organisation is not characteristic of real-world
map production. To accommodate for a more flexible, dynamic map com-
pilation process, stacks, cards and elements of each module can easily be
connected by hyperlinks. In principle, this allows each card of every stack
of each module to interact with any other card in any other stack of each
module. To facilitate for professional, quality map generation the ATB-
based production process restricts the range of links to a limited number of
The practical application of the ATB map module in digital atlas map
compilation is dealt with below.
Figure 3:
Graphical user interface (sketch) of the atlas toolbox map component: the next
step of map generation can be performed only once the previous step has been com-
pleted successfully
3.3 Patterns
In commercial map production the majority of maps produced is based on
a rather limited number of map types and visualisation patterns due to a
limited number of applications, map purposes, and audience. For the
repeated construction of specific map types, modules, cards and/or stacks
can be assembled to form characteristic map patterns. Such map patterns
can be saved as predefined configurations in an ATB pattern library. If
required, additional cards (and stacks) can be added to these pre-assembled
patterns for a specific map production task.
