chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Mathematical Background -- chapter 3 Theoretical Background -- chapter 4 Algorithms for Transformations of Point Features -- chapter 5 Algorithms for Point- Reduction of Individual Line Features -- chapter 6 Algorithms for Smoothing of Individual Line Features -- chapter 7 Algorithms for Scale-Driven Generalization of Individual Line Features -- chapter 8 1A Set of Line Features: An Overview -- chapter 9 Algorithms for Transformations of Individual Area Features -- chapter 10 Algorithms for Transformations of a Set of Area Features -- chapter 11 Algorithms for Displacement of Features -- chapter 12 Algorithms for Transformations of Three-Dimensional Surfaces and Features.