Finding the right pixel size

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1283-1298

  Hengl, Tomislav ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grid resolution; Inspection density; Point pattern analysis; Scale; Terrain complexity; Variogram

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION THEORY; MAPS; NYQUIST DIAGRAMS; OPTIMIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

GRID RESOLUTION; INSPECTION DENSITY; POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS; TERRAIN COMPLEXITY;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION THEORY; MAPS; NYQUIST DIAGRAMS; OPTIMIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 33747616217     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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