벡터 GIS에서 자연선형체는 통상 일련의 직선분(line segments)에 의해 표시되나 그 대안으로 곡선분(curve segments) 역시 사용될 수 있다. 곡선분은 스플라인보간법에 의해 생성가능하며 이를 위해 Bezier방법과 신보간법(유기윤, 1998)이 사용될 수 있는데 본 연구에서는 신보간법의 퍼포먼스를 테스트해 보았다. 테스트는 두 가지에 촛점을 두었는데 (1) 새보간법에 의해 생성된 선형분이 직선분 보다 정확하게 자연선형체를 표현할 수 있는지 여부와 (2) 새보간법에 의해 생성된 선형분이 Bezier방법에 의해 생성된 선형분 보다 자연선형체를 정확하게 표현할 수 있는지 여부에 대한 검정이다. 이를 위해 t-테스트에 의한 가설검정법이 이용되었으며 자료로는 미 지질조사국의 7.5분 지형도가 이용되었다. 테스트결과 새보간법과 Bezier방법에 의해 생성된 선형분이 직선분 보다 자연선 형체를 정확하게 표현하였으며 새보간법에 의해 생성된 선형분이 Bezier방법에 의해 생성된 선형분보다 정확하게 표현하였다.
In vector GIS, natural linear entities (called linear entitles) are usually represented by a set of line segments. As an alternative of the line segments, curve segments can be used to represent the linear entities. The curve segments, as one-dimensional spatial objects, we generated by spline interpolation technique such as Bezier technique. In an effort to improve its accuracy in resembling the linear entities, the Bezier technique was modified generating a new technique (called New technique) (Kiyun, 1998). In this paper, validity of the New technique was tested. Test focused on answering two questions: (1) whether or not the curve segments from the New technique replace line segments so as to enhance the accuracy of representations of linear entities, and (2) whether or not the curve segments from the New technique represent the linear entities more accurately than curve segments from the Bezier technique. Answering these two questions entailed two hypothesis tests. For test data, a series of hydrologic lines on 7.5-minute USGS map series were selected. Test were done using t-test method and statistical inferences were made from the results. Test results indicated that curve segments from both the Bezier and New techniques represent the linear entities more accurately than the line segments do. In addition, curve segments from the New technique represent the linear entities more accurately than the line segments from the Bezier technique do at probability level 69% or higher.
