A simple positional accuracy measure for linear features

被引:235
作者
Goodchild, MF [1 ]
Hunter, GJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MELBOURNE,DEPT GEOMAT,CTR GIS & MODELING,PARKVILLE,VIC 3052,AUSTRALIA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1080/136588197242419
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
In this paper we propose a simple technique for assessing the positional accuracy of digitized linear features. The approach relies on a comparison with a representation of higher accuracy, and estimates the percentage of the total length of the low accuracy representation that is within a specified distance of the high accuracy representation. The approach deals successfully with three deficiencies of other methods: it is statistically based; is relatively insensitive to extreme outliers; and does not require matching of points between representations. It can be implemented using standard functions and a standard scripting language in any raster or vector GIS. We present the results of a test using data from the Digital Chart of the World.
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页码:299 / 306
页数:8
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