Addressing geographical data errors in a classification tree for soil unit prediction

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-198

  Lagacherie, Philippe ^a   Holmes, Susan ^b  

^a Inra   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TREE; ERROR; GEOGRAPHICAL DATA; GIS; SOIL SURVEY;

EID: 0030878877     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136588197242455     Document Type: Article

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