Digital elevation model based volume calculations using topographical data

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 56-64

  Yanalak, M ^a   Baykal, O ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computation; Cross sections; Data processing; Digital techniques; Grid systems; Models; Triagulation; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; MAPPING; PATTERN MATCHING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM);

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT;

CROSS SECTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIANGULATION; VOLUME;

EID: 0038066375     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(2003)129:2(56)     Document Type: Article

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