Continuous sky view factor maps from high resolution urban digital elevation models

Automatic Generation of High Resolution Urban Zone Digital Elevation Models

Refinement of Urban Digital Elevation Models from Very High Resolution Stereo Satellite Images

Digital elevation models (DEM) of high resolution and high quality are required for many applications like urban modeling, readiness for catastrophes or disaster assessment. A good source for the derivation of such DEMs from any place in the world are very high resolution (VHR) satellite stereo images as provided e.g. by Ikonos, QuickBird or WorldView. In this paper a method for the generation ...

Building Detection from High Resolution Digital Elevation Models in Urban Areas

This paper describes an algorithm which aims at deriving digital terrain models (DTM) from dense digital elevation models (DEM). This algorithm takes place in a processing chain for building detection and modelling in urban areas from high resolution aerial imagery. DEM either come from stereophotogrammetry, or from direct measures such as airborne laser data. DTM are computed as low order freq...

Effect of digital elevation model’s resolution in producing flood hazard maps

Flooding is one of the most devastating natural disasters occurring annually in the Philippines. A call for a solution for this malady is very challenging as well as crucial to be addressed. Mapping flood hazard is an effective tool in determining the extent and depth of floods associated with hazard level in specified areas that need to be prioritized during flood occurrences. Precedent to the...

Estimation of Continuous Urban Sky View Factor from Landsat Data Using Shadow Detection

Sky View Factor (SVF, a dimensionless value between 0 and 1 representing obstructed and unobstructed sky, respectively) has an important influence on urban energy balance, and is a key contributor to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect experienced by heavily built up regions. Continuous urban SVF maps used in modeling the spatial distribution of UHI can be derived analytically using Lidar data; ...