Least visible path analysis in raster terrain

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 645-656

  Lu, M ^a   Zhang, J F ^a   Lv, P ^a   Fan, Z H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE   (China)

Author keywords

Amalgamation; Cumulative visibility; Reverse viewshed; Visibility index; Visibility surface

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; RASTER; SOFTWARE; TERRAIN;

EID: 42649102672     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810701602062     Document Type: Article

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