Quantification error versus location error in comparison of categorical maps

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1011-1016

  Pontius Jr , R Gil ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; MAPPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343303373     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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