Geos.820 Advanced Digital Terrain Modeling (3 C.H)
Course Contents
- Sources of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) generation
- Resolution and accuracy of DEM
- DEM generation from contour and point interpolation
- Remote sensing based DEMs
- Computation of secondary topographic attributes from DEMs
- Accuracy assessment of DEMs
- Evaluating impact of DEM resolution and accuracy on terrain representation
- Application of DEM for hydrology
- Natural Resource Management and Natural Hazard Management
- Displaying 3D maps; Generation of 3D animations.
Practical: Computer exercises to analyze DEMs, compute advanced topographic basic attributes and their interpretation.
Recommended Books:
- John, P.W. and John, C.G., 2002. Terrain Analysis: Principles and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA.
- Qiming, Z., Brian, L. and Guoan T., 2008. Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis, Springer.
- Tomislav, H. and Hannes, I.R., 2009. Geomorphometry: Concepts, Software, Applications, Elsevier.
- Zhilin, L., Qing, Z. and Chris, G., 2005. Digital Terrain Modeling: Principles and Methodology. CRC Press.