Abstract
This paper describes the cartographic information processing system using verbal representation. The verbal representation is a new method for representing the multi-dimensional surfaces, which human beings use for representing of topography. This method has not only advantages of representing relationship between mountains and valleys, but allows one to form a concept of shapes through a little bit of information because the relationship is represented by labels (or words).
In this paper, the words used for the verbal representation are defined in 3D space. Next, the outline of the cartographic information processing system is described. The system has two subsystems, which are shape representing subsystem and shape recognizing subsystem of topography. Each subsystem constructed some units. Finally, the recognizing process of the topography at the shape recognizing subsystem is shown.
