A visual basic program for ridge axis picking on DEM data using the profile-recognition and polygon-breaking algorithm

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-237

  Chang, Yet Chung ^a   Sinha, Gaurav ^b  

^a DIWAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; DEM; Polygon; PPA; Ridge; Visual basic

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; LANDFORMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

POLYGON-BREAKING ALGORITHM; PROFILE-RECOGNITION; RIDGE AXIS; VISUAL BASIC PROGRAM;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; LANDFORMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33845653136     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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