Automatic detection of circular structures in high-resolution satellite images of agricultural land

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Trier, Øivind Due ^a   Larsen, Siri Øyen ^a   Solberg, Rune ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Cropmarks; Pattern recognition; Quickbird; Remote sensing; Soilmarks

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449160534     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.339     Document Type: Article

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