Interpolation methods for scattered sample data: Accuracy, spatial patterns, processing time

Cartography and Geographic Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 128-144

  Declercq, Franky Albert Noël ^a  

^a SORESMA NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; VISUALIZATION;

DISTANCE WEIGHTING; KRIGING; SCATTERED SAMPLE DATA; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

MAPPING;

EID: 0030181140     PISSN: 10509844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304096782438882     Document Type: Article

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