Approximation Theory Applied to DEM Vertical Accuracy Assessment

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-410

  Liu, Xiaohang ^a   Hu, Peng ^b,c   Hu, Hai ^c   Sherba, Jason ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR STATISTICS; INTERPOLATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONTOUR LINE; DEM ACCURACY; ERROR PROPAGATION; ITS APPLICATIONS; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; NONSTATIONARY; PROPAGATION THEORY; SOURCE DATA; VERTICAL ACCURACY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA QUALITY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; QUALITY CONTROL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84861628090     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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