Assessing positional and thematic accuracies of maps generated from remotely sensed data

Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 583-601

  Congalton, Russell G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWCHARTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; THEMATIC ACCURACIES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85026221171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b19294     Document Type: Chapter

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