Dasymetric estimation of population density and areal interpolation of census data

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-121

  Holt, James B ^a   Lo, C P ^b   Hodler, Thomas W ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SATELLITES; TELEPHONE EXCHANGES;

CENSUS DATA; CHOROPLETHIC METHODS; MAP DASYMETRIC POPULATION DENSITIES; ZIP CODES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AREAL INTERPOLATION; CENSUS; DATA PROCESSING; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DATA;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444247214     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/1523040041649407     Document Type: Article

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