Describing and comparing landscapes using tags, texts, and free lists: an interdisciplinary approach

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1572-1592

  Wartmann, Flurina M ^a   Acheson, Elise ^a   Purves, Ross S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

geographic information retrieval; landscape character assessments; Place descriptions; text processing; user generated content

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSE OF PLACE; TOPONYMY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 85044957939     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2018.1445257     Document Type: Article

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