A general framework for error analysis in measurement-based GIS Part 3: Error analysis in intersections and overlays

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-402

  Leung, Yee ^a   Ma, Jiang Hong ^b   Goodchild, Michael F ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate law of error propagation; Error analysis; Intersection point; Line in polygon overlay; Polygon on polygon overlay

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLYGON;

EID: 10444222592     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-004-0143-2     Document Type: Article

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