Using the Urban Atlas dataset for estimating spatial metrics. Methodology and application in urban areas of Greece

The paper discusses the use of the Urban Atlas land use dataset for estimating spatial metrics to analyse the form of urban areas. Using a cartographic generalization process the original Urban Atlas data are transformed by merging neighboring patches of the same land use class to a single patch thu...

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Main Authors: Poulicos Prastacos, Apostolos Lagarias, Nektarios Chrysoulakis
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 2017-05-01
Series:Cybergeo
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/28051