A pole-oriented discrete global grid system: Quaternary quadrangle mesh

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-143

  Zhou, Mengyun ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Gong, Jianya ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjacent search; Data indexing; Geometrical distortion; Polar semi hexagon; Spherical partitioning

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEARCH; DISCRETE GLOBAL GRID SYSTEMS; ENERGY EXPLOITATION; GEOMETRICAL DISTORTION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; POLAR SEMI-HEXAGON; SPHERICAL PARTITIONING; VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; DECODING; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); POLES; VISUALIZATION;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; GEOMETRY; GIS; MONITORING; POLAR REGION; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84884550817     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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