How CartoLegend reads a map
SYMBOL FOUND
01 Locate
Find the mark.
Keep its meaning.
The model pairs a printed symbol with its label, geometry type, and exact pixel box. This real Black Crystal row landed within 3.16 pixels of the reviewed center.
02 Trace
Follow every
geologic edge.
Color fields become editable shapes—not a flattened overlay. On the Hughes sheet, 50 map-unit labels drive 1,329 saved regions.
03 Place
Turn border ink
into location.
The printed latitude tick is read as evidence, converted to decimal degrees, and joined with the other border marks that locate the sheet.
04 Structure
Make the map
computable.
Regions, unit codes, and coordinates become a feature collection a GIS can inspect. The pictured RC8 result remains research output while overlap errors are being corrected.

