Comparative evaluation and analysis of online geocoding services

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1081-1100

  Roongpiboonsopit, Duangduen ^a   Karimi, Hassan A ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Geocoding; Internet GIS; Location based services; Quality issues; Uncertainty; Web GIS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; GIS; INTERNET; INTERPOLATION; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 77953636390     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810903289478     Document Type: Article

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