The digital map in Korea has been producted and utilized independently according to scales such as 1:1,000, 1:5,000, and 1:25,000. Therefore, whenever we need to obtain the spatial data of other scales, we have to product the digital maps over and over again which it is time-consuming and ineconomic. To solve these problems, it has been accomplished many researches on map generalization to make digital maps in small scale from the master data of large scale. This paper aims to analyze the conversion characteristics of the large scale to the small scale by simplification of map generalization. For this purpose, it is proposed the algorithm for the simplification process of digital map and it is investigated the simplification characteristic of digital map through the experiment on the conversion of 1:5,000 scale into 1:25.000 scale. The results show that Area-Preservation algorithm indicates the good agreement with the original data in terms of the area and features of building layer compared to Douglas-Peucker algorithm and Reumann-Witkam algorithm.