A Photogrammetric approach for assessing positional accuracy of OpenStreetMap© roads

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-301

  Canavosio Zuzelski, Roberto ^a   Agouris, Peggy ^a   Doucette, Peter ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 15020 Conference Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; OpenStreetMap (OSM); Positional accuracy; Roads; Vector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948762250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi2020276     Document Type: Article

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