Current Status of Uncertainty Issues in Remote Sensing and GIS

Uncertainty in Remote Sensing and GIS

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 287-302

  Foody, Giles M ^a   Atkinson, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dealing with uncertainty; Error aware geographical information systems; Fundamental spatial relations nearness concept; Image classification issues; Monte Carlo simulation; NOAA AVHRR middle infrared reflectance data; Point spread function (PSF); Uncertainty impact on geographical research; Uncertainty in remote sensing and GIS

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CURRENT STATUS; DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY; MIDDLE INFRARED; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SPATIAL RELATIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 9144260429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470035269.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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