An approach to reduce mapping errors in the production of landslide inventory maps

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2111-2126

  Santangelo, M ^a   Marchesini, I ^a   Bucci, F ^a   Cardinali, M ^a   Fiorucci, F ^a   Guzzetti, F ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DATABASE; DIGITAL MAP; DIGITIZATION; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING METHOD; POWER LAW;

EID: 84942311519     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-2111-2015     Document Type: Article

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