Research Article

Updating Large Scale Topographic Databases in Italian Urban Areas with Submeter QuickBird Images

Table 3

Results of the cartographic tests for the mutual distances between two points.

Urban typologyCategory ACategory BCategory C

Map scale1 : 50001 : 10 0001 : 50001 : 10 0001 : 50001 : 10 000
Testing measures (nr.)414182826464
Within tolerance limit93%100%99%100%100%100%
Outside tolerance limit7%0%1%0%0%0%
Test passNoYesYesYesYesYes