Assessing the error of polygonal area measurements: A general formulation with applications to agriculture

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1170-1178

  Bogaert, P ^a   Delince J ^a   Kay, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agriculture; GPS global positioning; Polygonal area measurements; Topography

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER VISION; DATA ACQUISITION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION (CV); ERROR ASSESSMENT; GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING; POLYGONAL AREA MEASUREMENTS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURE; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 24144447351     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/5/017     Document Type: Article

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