Extracting topographic features from elevation data using contour lines
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This paper describes a method for finding such topographical features as ridges and valleys in a given terrain. Contour lines are used to obtain the desired result.
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This report describes research done at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Support for the laboratory's artificial intelligence research is provided in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense under Office of Naval Research contract N00014-75-C-0643.
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1977-05Publisher
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Working Papers, WP-146;