The usability of selected base maps for crises management - Users' perspectives

Applied Geomatics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 189-198

  Konečný, Milan ^a   Kubíček, Petr ^a   Stachoň, Zdeněk ^a   Šašinka, Čeněk ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cartography; Crises management; Decision making

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84867354846     PISSN: 18669298     EISSN: 1866928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12518-011-0053-1     Document Type: Article

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