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International Journal of Geographical Information Science Volume 26, 2012 - Issue 8
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Defining and generating axial lines from street center lines for better understanding of urban morphologies

Xintao Liu Division of Geomatics, Department of Technology and Built Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden
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Bin Jiang Division of Geomatics, Department of Technology and Built Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1521-1532 | Received 06 Apr 2011, Accepted 21 Aug 2011, Published online: 24 Feb 2012

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