Cadastral mapping of forestlands in Greece: Current and future challenges

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-46

  Vogiatzis, Moschos ^a  

^a Regional Center of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOINTERPRETATION;

CADASTRAL MAPPINGS; CADASTRAL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL MAPPINGS; DIGITAL ORTHOIMAGERY; HELLENIC CADASTRE PROGRAM (HCP);

MAPPING;

DATABASE; DIGITAL MAPPING; FOREST COVER; GIS; LAND COVER; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37749017049     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.74.1.39     Document Type: Article

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