Modeling uncertainty in photointerpreted boundaries

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-391

  Edwards, G ^a   Lowell, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY UNCERTAINTY; FOREST; FUZZY BOUNDARY WIDTH; PHOTOINTERPRETATION; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029731726     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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