Assessing modern ground survey methods and airborne laser scanning for digital terrain modelling: A case study from the Lake District, England

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 216-227

  Gallay, Michal ^a   Lloyd, Christopher D ^b   McKinley, Jennifer ^b   Barry, Lorraine ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEM DTM; GPS; Great Langdale; Laser scanning; Tachymetry; Vertical accuracy

Indexed keywords

DEM/DTM; GREAT LANGDALE; LASER SCANNING; TACHYMETRY; VERTICAL ACCURACY;

ERROR STATISTICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LANDFORMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SEEBECK EFFECT; SURVEYS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ELEVATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HISTOGRAM; MOUNTAIN REGION; TERRAIN;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM;

PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 84870207286     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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