An efficient method for transformation between QTM codes and geographic coordinates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6418, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zhao, Xuesheng ^a,b   Chen, Jun ^b   Li, Zhilin ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL GEOMATICS CENTER OF CHINA   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Address code; Coordinate transformation; QTM; Spherical surface

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INFORMATION THEORY;

ADDRESS CODES; COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; GLOBAL SPATIAL DATA; QUATERNARY TRIANGULAR MESH (QTM);

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 33846817050     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.712907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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