Identification of practically visible spatial objects in natural environments

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-23

  Tomko, Martin ^a   Trautwein, Friedjoff ^a   Purves, Ross S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

FACETED DESCRIPTION; LAND COVER INFORMATIONS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; SPATIAL OBJECTS; SWITZERLAND; VIEWSHED ANALYSIS; VISUAL MAGNITUDES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84874265956     PISSN: 18632351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00318-9_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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