GEONTO-MET: An approach to conceptualizing the geographic domain

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1633-1657

  Torres, Miguel ^a   Quintero, Rolando ^a   Moreno Ibarra, Marco ^a   Menchaca Mendez, Rolando ^a   Guzman, Giovanni ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Axiomatic relation; Geographic domain conceptualization; GEONTO MET; Ontological description

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; INTERNET; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855723623     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.539183     Document Type: Article

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