Acceptance Curves for the Positional Control of Geographic Databases
Publication: Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 134, Issue 1
Abstract
A simulation process is implemented in order to generate synthetic populations of positional-planimetric errors and later, by a bootstrap process, a family of acceptance curves (nomogram) has been derived. These curves allow us to learn the acceptance level, or pass level, of a geographic database when a positional control test based on bias and on variability is applied to it against a given standard. Acceptance curves allow us to report user’s risk and to determine the adequate size of the sample in order to reduce this risk to a desired level.
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Acknowledgments
This work has been partially funded by the National Ministry of Sciences and Technology of the Kingdom of Spain under Grant No. BIA2003-02234.
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Volume 134 • Issue 1 • February 2008
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Received: Oct 24, 2006
Accepted: Apr 30, 2007
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