Densification of Digital Terrain Elevations Using Shape from Shading with Single Satellite Imagery
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Numerous geoscience and engineering applications need denser and more accurate Digital Terrain Model (DTM) height data. Collecting additional height data in the field, if not impossible, is either expensive or time consuming or both. Stereo aerial or satellite imagery is often unavailable and very expensive to acquire. Interpolation techniques are fast and cheap, but have their own inherent difficulties and problems, especially in rough terrain. Advanced space technology has provided much single (if not stereo) high-resolution satellite imageries almost worldwide. This paper discusses the idea of using Shape From Shading (SFS) methods with single high resolution imagery to densify regular grids of heights. Preliminary results are very encouraging and the methodology is going to be implemented with real satellite imagery and parallel computations.
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