A web-based system for supporting global land cover data production

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-80

  Han, Gang ^a,b   Chen, Jun ^a   He, Chaoying ^a   Li, Songnian ^c,d   Wu, Hao ^a   Liao, Anping ^a   Peng, Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOMATICS CENTER OF CHINA   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CSCW; Data production; Global land cover mapping; Verification; Web GIS; Web Service

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; DATA VISUALIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; MAPPING; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VERIFICATION; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COLLABORATIVE CLASSIFICATIONS; CSCW; DATA PRODUCTION; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; LAND COVER MAPPING; NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS; WEB-GIS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84927805963     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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