Real-time sidewalk slope calculation through integration of GPS trajectory and image data to assist people with disabilities in navigation

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 741-753

  Lu, Yihan ^a   Karimi, Hassan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS trajectory; Image processing; Navigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948965775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi4020741     Document Type: Article

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