Modelling the spatial distribution of DEM error with geographically weighted regression: An experimental study

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-43

  Erdoǧan, Saffet ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Error propagation; Geographic information system; Interpolation; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA DENSITY; DIGITAL DATAS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS; ERROR PROPAGATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD SCALE; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION MODELS; GLOBAL INDEX; INTERPOLATION ALGORITHMS; INTERPOLATION METHOD; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TERRAIN ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ERRORS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; PASSENGER CARS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SURVEYING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GIS; INTERPOLATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRAIN;

EID: 70350738218     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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