Extraction and recognition of geographical features from paper maps

International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 232-245

  Dhar, Deeptendu Bikash ^a   Chanda, Bhabatosh ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cartography; E map; Feature; GIS; Layer separation; Map recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747408695     PISSN: 14332833     EISSN: 14332825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10032-005-0010-9     Document Type: Article

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