Mapping ecological land systems and classification uncertainties from digital elevation and forest-cover data using neural networks

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1249-1260

  Gong, P ^a   Pu, R ^a   Chen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hammon Jensen Wallen Assoc Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION; ECOLOGICAL MAPPING; FOREST COVER; LAND SYSTEM; MAPPING; NEURAL NETWORK; POLYGON DATA; RASTER DATA;

CANADA, MANITOBA, DUCK MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0030302935     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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