Extending the automated zoning procedure to reconcile incompatible zoning systems

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-196

  Martin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; CENSUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZONING;

EID: 0037370608     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713811750     Document Type: Article

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