Automated vectorization and labeling of very large raster hypsographic map images using a contour graph

Surveying and Land Information Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-10

  Liu, Xiuwen ^a   Ramirez, J Raul ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR GRAPH; HYPSOGRAPHIC MAP; IMAGE LABELING; MAP IMAGE; RASTER DATA; VECTOR DATA;

EID: 0031404544     PISSN: 10522905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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