An evaluation of spatial interpolation accuracy of elevation data

Progress in Spatial Data Handling - 12th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, SDH 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 805-824

  Weng, Qihao ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Grid digital elevation models; Spatial interpolation; Spatial measures; Statistical measures

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; SPATIAL MEASURES; STATISTICAL MEASURES;

AUTOCORRELATION; DATA HANDLING; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SURVEYING;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 66149116630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-35589-8_50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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