Characterizing errors in digital elevation models and estimating the financial costs of accuracy

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1327-1347

  Januchowski, S R ^a   Pressey, R L ^a   VanDerWal, J ^a   Edwards, A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Data error; Error distribution; Mean error; Root mean square error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIDAR;

EID: 77956418025     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658811003591680     Document Type: Article

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