Landscape modeling and analysis based on digital elevation models generated from topographic maps: Algorithm and application on Safaga area, Red Sea Coast, Egypt

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn , Issue 45, 2002, Pages 73-87

  Masoud, Alaa ^a   Masumoto, Shinji ^a   Raghavan, Venkatesh ^a   Kajiyama, Atsushi ^a   Shiono, Kiyoji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

DEM; Egypt; GRASS GIS; Landscape modeling; Red sea coast; Safaga area; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LANDSCAPE; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EGYPT;

EID: 0036392779     PISSN: 04492560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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