The Validity of Using a Geographic Information System's Viewshed Function as a Predictor for the Reception of Line-of-Sight Radio Waves

A Geographic Information System (GIS) viewshed is the result of a function that determines, given a terrain model, which areas on a map can be seen from a given point(s), line or area. In the communications industry, this function has been used to model radio wave coverages and to site transceiver t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dodd, Howard Mannin
Other Authors: Geography
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35115
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09202001-155212/