Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is an important input for geo-spatial analysis. For various applications like flood management, ortho rectification of remote sensing images, navigation, architectural works, defence, etc., high resolution DEM is required. TanDEM-X mission was launched in 2010 to obtain high resolution global DEM with HTRI-3 standard. SAR interferometry (InSAR) technique is used fo...

We modeled the extent of inundation around Poyang Lake, China using 13 Landsat images and two digital elevation models (DEMs). Boundaries of the observed inundation extents were (a) labeled with lake-level measurements taken at a representative hydrological station and (b) interpolated to create a Water Line DEM (WL-DEM) that was used to map inundation frequency. A 30 m contour-based DEM produc...

With begin of 2013 DEM production started with the generation of the Intermediate TanDEM-X DEM (IDEM) for selected science and commercial test sites. This paper gives an overview of the Intermediate DEM production that took place from end of 2012 until July 2013. It describes the DEM production process and the lessons learnt by the IDEM phase. Since autumn 2013 the final DEM generation has begu...

Die benutzerzentrierte Qualitätssicherung, die mit dem weit verbreiteten TCO-Zertifikat zu einem de facto Standard für die Qualitätssicherung von Büroprodukten führte, wird in Schweden seit 1998 unter dem Namen „UsersAward“ auch für Software-Produkte angewendet. „UsersAward“ verfolgt dabei einen ganzheitlichen Prozessansatz, bei dem die Nutzerzufriedenheit mit Software in den sechs Bereichen Ge...

This paper provides a prediction of the achievable interferometric performance for a TerraSAR-L cartwheel constellation. Assuming receiving antennas of only 3m diameter, ambiguity and noise floor levels are analysed in detail. Expected DEM accuracies for different effective baselines at different swath positions including effects of local slope and volume decorrelation over vegetation are prese...

To generate an accurate digital elevation model (DEM), Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) requires precise orbit data and baseline information, which are not always available. An alternative approach is to apply quality ground control points (GCPs) into the InSAR processing. However, locating high quality GCPs can also be difficult task, due to the low spatial resolution and radio...

Users of GIS are faced with the ongoing and difficult problem of estimating the validity of a GIS output given the uncertainty of the quality of cLgital mapped data. This research project examines the manner in which error from a digital elevation model (DEM) results in error in an estimate of a viewshed. The data set includes two DEMs for the same study area. A 10-metre DEM serves as the contr...

* Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (B. 1537-5110/$ – see front matter a 2008 IAgrE doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.09.010 Digital Elevation Model (DEM) fusion was investigated for improving the overall accuracy of DEMs. The approach was applied to two public domain products: Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) DEM and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Refl...