Photogrammetric and GIS techniques for the development of vegetation databases of mountainous areas: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-68

  Welch, Roy ^a   Madden, Marguerite ^a   Jordan, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel modeling; GIS; Mountainous terrain; Softcopy photogrammetry; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; VEGETATION;

GROUND CONTROL;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

FOREST COVER; GIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION MAPPING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036855467     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-2716(02)00118-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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