Environmental Applications of Digital Terrain Modeling

by John P. Wilson

A digital elevation model (DEM) is a digital representation of ground surface topography or terrain. It is also widely known as a digital terrain model (DTM). A DEM can be represented as a raster (a grid of squares) or as a vector based triangular irregular network (TIN). DEMs are commonly built using remote sensing techniques, but they may also be built from land surveying. DEMs are used often in geographic information systems, and are the most common...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118936213
• ISBN13: 9781118936214
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.1"