A Rule-based Approach for the Conflation of Attributed Vector Data

GeoInformatica

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-35

  Cobb, Maria A ^a,c,e   Chung, Miyi J ^a,f,g   Foley III, Harold ^a,e   Petry, Frederick E ^a,h,i,j,k   Shaw, Kevin B ^a,c,l,m   Miller, H Vincent ^b,c,d,n  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d Entergy Corporation   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Tulane University   (United States)

^j Ctr Intelligent Knowledge Based S   (United States)

^k IEEE   (United States)

^l Digit Mapping   (United States)

^m MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Conflation; Deconfliction; Digital mapping; Object oriented; Rubber sheeting; VPF

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MAPPING; MAPPING; VECTOR DATA;

EID: 0031901828     PISSN: 13846175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009788905049     Document Type: Article

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