Fuzzy land element classification from DTMs based on geometry and terrain position

Geoderma

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 243-256

  Schmidt, Jochen ^a,b   Hewitt, Allan ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Fuzzy sets; GIS; Land elements; Soil landscape modelling; Terrain classification

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; VEGETATION;

FUZZY LAND ELEMENTS; SOIL MAPPING;

SOILS;

CLASSIFICATION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; LANDSCAPE;

EID: 3042808594     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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