Estimation of digitizing and polygonal approximation errors in the computation of length in vector databases

Accuracy 2010 - Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 373-376

  Girres, Jean François ^a   Julien, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Errors; Length computation; Vector datbases

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NATURAL RESOURCES; VECTORS;

ACCURACY; LENGTH COMPUTATION; LINEAR VECTORS; POLYGONAL APPROXIMATIONS; ROAD NETWORK; TOPOGRAPHIC DATABASE; TOTAL LENGTH; TWO SOURCES;

ERRORS;

EID: 84975706921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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