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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2194-9034
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-xl-5-w3-21-2013