DocumentCode
1407894
Title
Digital Detection of Pits, Peaks, Ridges, and Ravines
Author
Johnston, Emily G. ; Rosenfeld, Azriel
Author_Institution
Computer Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742.; Computer Sciences Corp., Silver Spring, Md.
Issue
4
fYear
1975
fDate
7/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
472
Lastpage
480
Abstract
A method of detecting pits, peaks, ridges, and ravines on a digital array of terrain elevation data is described. The methods used are based on algorithms designed to detect bright and dark spots or streaks in pictures.
Keywords
Algorithm design and analysis; Computer science; Educational institutions; Pattern recognition; Production; Quality control; Scattering; Silver; Springs; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9472
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSMC.1975.5408443
Filename
5408443
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