Digital Elevation Models (DEM) Digital Terrain Models (DTM) / Digital Surface Models (DSM) Brief Review Applications in image processing: Inclusion in queries and analysis Inclusion as layers in classification Feature extraction via topographic effects 3D modelling and visualisation
DEM data formats A. Discrete data Contour lines – from maps or digital files Mass points …. And break lines terms: http://www.satimagingcorp.com/svc/dem.html These can be interpolated into GRIDS (PCI etc..) Method of interpolation can have high impact on the DEM B. Continuous data Triangulated Irregular Networks (TIN) Raster grids –needed for remote sensing – should be ~same pixel size
DEM sources: global GTOPO30 ~1993 1km http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/gtopo30/gtopo30.html
DEM sources Canada NTDB: 1:50,000 1950-90 25 – 100m pixels www.geobase.ca Aerial photography 1946 -> 2-5 m Municipal 1: 5,000 1 (usually contours) BC TRIM 1:20,000 25 1980s photogrammetry TRIM II breaklines 1995- Landsat MSS 1:250,000 80 1972- Satellite path overlap Landsat TM/ETM 1:100,000 30 1982- Satellite path overlap
DSM sources 2000+ Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) Feb 2000 30-90m
ASTER 1999 15 – 25m 0.78-0.86 microns
SPOT DEM: 2002 5-15m http://www.spot.com/web/SICORP/1809-spot-3d.php
Directed high res sensors- Ikonos 1999 2-5m http://www.satimagingcorp.com/galleryimages/ikonos-high-resolution-dem-eritrea.jpg
LiDAR 10cm – 10m (Mt.St. Helens) http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/67409main_dh2.gif
Photogrammetry: Tatras, Slovakia 2m
Anaglyph - Malaspina
DEM products Elevation 0- ? 16 bit (signed) Shaded relief 0-255 Slope 0-90 (if in degrees) Aspect 0-359 16 bit Incidence 0-90 requires orbital metadata Visual: Anaglyphs and 3D perspectives
DEM quality and errors Scale – Match with needs and imagery Type of terrain - pixel homogeneity Horizontal and vertical accuracy DSM or DTM ? Interpolation / resampling method – from points or lines? Null values and spikes Errors are more easily spotted from a hillshaded model
BC provincial DEM 1985 (1981-1989) – Homathko Icefield - mapplace BC provincial DEM 1985 (1981-1989) – Homathko Icefield - mapplace.ca or lrdw.ca
Assiniboine Spillway, MB http://www.gov.mb.ca/stem/mrd/geo/demsm/metadata.html
SRTM – ASTER comparison Sample area in Indonesia
Paper to review for next week http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~kuzera/kuzera_rogan_eastman_1.pdf