Communicating uncertainty in spatial databases

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-24

  Hunter, Gary J ^a   Goodchild, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ERRORS; DATA UNCERTAINTY; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DATABASE; UNCERTAINTY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DATABASE; SPATIAL DATA ERROR; SPATIAL DATABASE; USER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0029731784     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.1996.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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