Characterising straightness qualitatively

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 419-433

  Gottfried, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipartite arrangements; Linear objects; Qualitative spatial representation; Qualitative straightness; Rivers; Shape

Indexed keywords

BIPARTITE ARRANGEMENTS; LINEAR OBJECTS; QUALITATIVE SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; QUALITATIVE STRAIGHTNESS; SHAPE;

RIVERS;

EID: 84879642252     PISSN: 18632351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72385-1_25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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