An evaluation of object-oriented image analysis techniques to identify motorized vehicle effects in semi-arid to arid ecosystems of the American West

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-77

  Mladinich, Carol ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; DISTURBANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOFTWARE; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949902605     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.47.1.53     Document Type: Article

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