Quantifying positional error induced by line simplification

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-130

  Veregin, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS;

EID: 0034061883     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136588100240877     Document Type: Article

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