A Comparison of Vector and Raster GIS Methods for Calculating Landscape Metrics Used in Environmental Assessments

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1399-1405

  Wade, Timothy G ^a   Wickham, James D ^a   Nash, Maliha S ^a   Neale, Anne C ^a   Riitters, Kurt H ^b   Jones, K Bruce ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; METHODOLOGY; RASTER; VECTOR;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 0344927752     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.69.12.1399     Document Type: Review

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