A conceptual analysis of resolution

Proceedings of the Brazilian Symposium on GeoInformatics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-22

  Degbelo, Auriol ^a   Kuhn, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE; PROXY MEASURE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84882932303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21794847     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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