Seafloor habitat mapping on the Oregon continental margin: A spatially nested GIS approach to mapping scale, mapping methods, and accuracy quantification

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 51-76

  Lanier, Andrew ^a   Romsos, Chris ^a   Goldfinger, Chris ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Classification; Geologic habitat; GIS; Interpretation; Mapping scale; Remote sensing; Seafloor

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; GIS; SEAFLOOR MAPPING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248147117     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410701296143     Document Type: Article

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