Quantifying distances from points to polygons-applications in determining fetch in coastal environments

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 843-852

  Murtojärvi, Mika ^a   Suominen, Tapio ^a   Tolvanen, Harri ^a   Leppänen, Ville ^a   Nevalainen, Olli S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computational geometry; Efficient algorithms; Exposure; Fetch length; GIS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPS;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS; MAP DATA; POLYGON BORDERS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHMS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPS;

ALGORITHM; COASTAL ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GEOMETRY; GIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAP; OPEN WATER; POLYGON; SHORELINE; WAVE POWER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 34249722554     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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