3D simulations requested in various applications had led to the development of fast and accurate terrain topography measurement techniques. In this paper, we are presenting a novel framework dedicated to the semiautomatic processing of scanned maps, extracting the contour lines vectors and building a digital elevation model on their basis, fulfilled by a number of stages discussed in detail thr...

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VHR satellite images are generally used for this scope, as they almost cover any area of the planet, in particular remotely located areas. To describe the pre-event and post-event scenarios the available data are analysed and eventually fused in order to achieve the most accurate and reliable information. With respect to automatic 3D information extraction, the availability of accurate and deta...

TanDEM-X is a challenging radar mission. It consists of a synthetic aperture radar interferometer with two almost identical satellites flying in a closely controlled formation. With a typical separation between the satellites of 120 to 500 m a global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) with 2 m relative height accuracy at 12 m posting is being generated. While the main mission phase for DEM data acqu...

[1] The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission produced the most complete, highest-resolution digital elevation model of the Earth. The project was a joint endeavor of NASA, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the German and Italian Space Agencies and flew in February 2000. It used dual radar antennas to acquire interferometric radar data, processed to digital topographic data at 1 arc s...

We describe a project that is monitoring land condition in the south west of Western Australia using Landsat Thematric Mapper satellite images and terrain data derived from digital elevation models (DEMs). Land Monitor is a multi-agency project of the Western Australian Salinity Action Plan supported by the Natural Heritage Trust. The focus of the project is on broad-scale monitoring of land co...

Abstrac t . A two-stage approach is discussed for reconstructing a dense digital elevation model (DEM) of the terrain from multiple pre-calibrated images taken by distinct cameras at different time under various illumination. First, the terrain DEM and orthoimage are obtained by independent voxel-based reconstruction of the terrain points using simple relations between the corresponding image g...

The identification of sites within forested areas is one of the remaining unresolved issues for archaeological prospection. Airborne laser scanning can be a solution to this problem: due to the capability of penetrating forest to a certain degree (depending on the vegetation density) the determination of the terrain surface is even possible in wooded areas. To be able to identify archaeological...

The Swiss Federal Office of Topography is leading a project for the determination of correct agricultural surfaces. As a part of this project, a Digital Terrain Model and a Digital Surface Model is being generated using airborne laser scanning methods. These two models must achieve a height accuracy of 50cm and a mean density of 1 point per m. One of the main tasks of swisstopo is to control th...

17 run-up algorithm. The code requires as input detailed information on seismic source mechanisms, gridded bathymetric data information for the open sea propagation, and a set of gridded Digital Elevation Models (DEM) containing bathymetry and topography for use during the inundation phase. Accurate bathymetry and topography data for Rhodes were purchased/collected from various sources, GIS-pro...