Scale in GIS: An overview

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 5-9

  Goodchild, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological fallacy; Extent; Modifiable areal unit problem; Representative fraction; Resolution; Scale

Indexed keywords

GIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VECTOR;

EID: 79954986411     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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