Assessing the accuracy of satellite derived global and national urban maps in Kenya

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-97

  Tatem, A J ^a   Noor, A M ^b   Hay, S I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Urban area mapping; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IMAGE SENSORS; MAPS; SATELLITES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL URBANIZATION; LARGE-AREA MAPS; PUBLIC DOMAINS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; MAPPING METHOD; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18144430290     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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