We present an interactive, real-time mapping system for use with digital elevation models and remotely sensed multispectral imagery, which aids geoscientists in the creation and interpretation of geologic/neotectonic maps at length scales of 10m to 1000 km. Our system provides a terrain visualization of the surface of the Earth or other terrestrial planets by displaying a virtual terrain model ...

In this paper, a theoretical-empirical model is developed for modelling the accuracy of a grid digital elevation model (DEM) linearly constructed from scattered sample data. The theoretical component integrates sample data accuracy in the model by means of the error-propagation theory. The empirical component seeks to model what is known as information loss, i.e. the sum of the error due purely...

abstract spatial prediction of soil organic carbon is a crucial proxy to manage and conserve natural resources, monitoring co2 and preventing soil erosion strategies within the landscape, regional, and global scale. the objectives of this study was to evaluate capability of artificial neural network and multivariate linear regression models in order to predict soil organic carbon using terrain ...

Terrain modeling is a fast growing field with many applications such as computer graphics, resource management, Earth and environmental sciences, civil and military engineering, surveying and photogrammetry and games programming. One of the most widely used terrain model is the Digital Elevation Model (DEM). A DEM is a simple regularly spaced grid of elevation points that represent the continuo...

Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping is a proven technology for topographical surveys with accuracies equivalent to traditional land surveys. It is characterized by an automatic data capture and direct digital data processing. Since about 10 years Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping is an economical alternative to survey large and unaccessible areas, whit a short survey to product realisation time and wit...

abstract limitations of traditional (conventional) soil surveys and improvement of information technology have lead soil surveyors to invent new methods which are generally called digital soil mapping (dsm). the aim of these methods is the prediction of soil classes or soil properties based on easily-available or measuring environmental variables. the objective of this investigation is to study...

A global 3D geographic model and a feasible solution for its visualization and management remains a challenging vision. The existence of a reusable platform would provide an unprecedented potential for development of applications related to geography and facilitate comprehension of geographic data. Unlike cartographic maps, 3D models can capture the geometry of geographic features without flatt...

Abstrac t . A two-stage approach is discussed for reconstructing a dense digital elevation model (DEM) of the terrain from multiple pre-calibrated images taken by distinct cameras at different time under various illumination. First, the terrain DEM and orthoimage are obtained by independent voxel-based reconstruction of the terrain points using simple relations between the corresponding image g...

In the same area, the terrain details described by DEM are gradually generalized and primary terrain features are only retained in the coarser-resolution DEM. In this paper, wavelet multiresolution analysis and Radical Law selection principles were combined to model the terrain generalizing processes and derive three different scale-parameter DEMs based on DEM data generated by large-scale digi...

High-resolution digital elevation data acquired by airborne laser scanning (ALS) for the Denton Hills, along the coastal foothills of the Royal Society Range, Transantarctic Mountains, are examined for applications to bedrock and glacial geomorphic mapping. Digital elevation models (DEMs), displayed as shaded-relief images and slope maps, portray geomorphic landscape features in unprecedented d...