Horizontal accuracy and applicability of smartphone GNSS positioning in forests

Forestry

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 187-198

  Tomaštík, Julián ^a   Saloň, Šimon ^b   Piroh, Rastislav ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^b Municipal Forest Enterprise Ko ice   (Slovakia)

^c NATIONAL FOREST CENTRE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DAMAGE; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GNSS; MOBILE PHONE; POSITIONING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

EID: 85020202792     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpw031     Document Type: Article

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