The separation of land cover from land use using data primitives

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-229

  Comber, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data primitive; Expert; Integration; Land cover; Land use; Semantics

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING; MODELING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049091803     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230802465173     Document Type: Article

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