Remote sensing, geographic information systems and Shannon's entropy: Measuring urban sprawl in a mountainous environment

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 269-274

  Verzosa, L C O ^a   Gonzalez, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Image; Measurements; Photogrammetry; Urban

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; DEGREE OF DISPERSION; IMAGE; MOUNTAINOUS CITIES; MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOGRAMMETRIC TECHNIQUE; SHANNON'S ENTROPY; URBAN;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84923929111     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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