Using geometric properties to evaluate possible integration of authoritative and volunteered geographic information

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 349-370

  Fairbairn, David ^a   Al Bakri, Maythm ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Collaborative mapping; Data quality; Formal and informal data; Geospatial dataset matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919388633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi2020349     Document Type: Article

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