Validating large-area land cover databases with maplets

Geocarto International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-95

  Stoms, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATABASE; HABITAT MAP; LAND COVER; MAPLET; POINT SAMPLING; THEMATIC MAP;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030449927     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049609354536     Document Type: Article

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