An ontological system for interoperable spatial generalisation in biodiversity monitoring

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-95

  Nieland, Simon ^a   Moran, Niklas ^a   Kleinschmit, Birgit ^a   Förster, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalisation; NATURA 2000; Nature conservation; OWL2; Remote sensing; Spatial reclassification

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONSERVATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEROPERABILITY; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY MONITORING; GENERALISATION; NATURA 2000; ONTOLOGY-BASED APPLICATIONS; OWL2; REMOTE SENSING IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; SEMANTIC HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL RECLASSIFICATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA MANAGEMENT; HEATHLAND; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

BELGIUM; GERMANY;

EID: 84941199948     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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