Filling the voids in the SRTM elevation model - A TIN-based delta surface approach

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-294

  Luedeling, Eike ^a   Siebert, Stefan ^b   Buerkert, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Algorithms; DEM DTM; GIS; Modeling; Processing; Radar; Satellite

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADAR; SATELLITES; TOPOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); MOUNTAINS; TRIANGULAR IRREGULAR NETWORKS (TINS);

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA MINING; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GPS; MODEL VALIDATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34548236809     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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