Title :
Qualitative analysis of polygon shape-change
Author :
Van De Weghe, Nico ; Maddens, Ruben ; Bogaert, Peter ; Brondeel, Marijke ; De Maeyer, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Geogr., Ghent Univ.
Abstract :
This paper introduces a qualitative approach to the analysis and comparison of the shape of polygons
Keywords :
geographic information systems; geometry; geophysical techniques; image representation; spatial reasoning; topography (Earth); topology; polygon shape analysis; polygon shape change; qualitative analysis; qualitative reasoning; shape comparison; Cities and towns; Computer vision; Geographic Information Systems; Geography; Image analysis; Lakes; Pattern recognition; Shape measurement; Solids; Symmetric matrices;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370049
