Segmentation-based unsupervised terrain classification for generation of physiographic maps

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 733-737

  Stepinski, Tomasz F ^a   Bagaria, Chaitanya ^b  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Digital elevation model (DEM); Landform; Mapping; Mars; Segmentation; Terrain

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); MARS; SEGMENTATION; TERRAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DATA VISUALIZATION; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; PIXELS; STANDARDIZATION;

SURVEYING;

EID: 70350269819     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2009.2024333     Document Type: Article

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