Accuracy of built-up area mapping in Europe at varying scales and thresholds

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 385-388

  Hurbanek, Pavol ^a   Atkinson, Peter M ^a   Chockalingam, Jeganathan ^a   Pazur, Robert ^b   Rosina, Konstantin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Europe; Impervious surfaces; Laud cover; Population downscaling; Slovakia; Soil sealing; Spatial resolution; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NATURAL RESOURCES; SOILS;

DOWN-SCALING; EUROPE; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LAUD COVER; SLOVAKIA; SOIL SEALING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THRESHOLD;

MAPPING;

EID: 84975735348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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