Assessing the quality of spatial data

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-515

  Kumi Boateng, Bernard ^a   Yakubu, Issaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

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