用回放等高线评估DEM精度的研究

DEM回放等高线并与原始等高线进行对比分析是一种客观准确、形象直观的DEM精度评估方法。在分析已有DEM精度评估指标的基础上,提出用回放等高线水平偏移度和重要地性线回放偏移误差两个指标来评估DEM精度。基于1:5万DEM数据,详细描述了基于回放等高线的DEM精度评估方法的实现过程和步骤,包括原始等高线与回放等高线的几何匹配和各精度评估指标的计算。这一成果为DEM精度评估提供了借鉴方法,对于进一步完善DEM精度评估体系具有重要的理论指导意义和实际应用价值。     

基于ArcGIS等高线回放法检查DEM精度研究

简要介绍了几种DEM精度评价方法的优缺点,并详细阐述了利用ArcGIS的空间分析模块,结合等高线回放法,对数字摄影测量所生产的DEM产品进行精度检查的方法.     

用回放等高线评估DEM精度的研究

DEM回放等高线并与原始等高线进行对比分析是一种客观准确、形象直观的DEM精度评估方法.在分析已有DEM精度评估指标的基础上,提出用回放等高线水平偏移度和重要地性线回放偏移误差两个指标来评估DEM精度.基于1:5万DEM数据,详细描述了基于回放等高线的DEM精度评估方法的实现过程和步骤.包括原始等高线与回放等高线的几何匹配和各精度评估指标的计算.这一成果为DEM精度评估提供了借鉴方法,对于进一步完善DEM精度评估体系具有重要的理论指导意义和实际应用价值.     

基于重构等高线的格网细化模型

以规则格网DEM为基础,利用回放等高线与原等高线进行比较,提出两个误差指标和一种格网细化模型,以生成多分辨率的格网DEM,并提高DEM的等高线精度。针对该模型的两个关键步骤,进行了较为详细的论述。通过对一幅实际地形数据进行试验,比较不同方法得出的DEM等高线精度,为DEM精度研究,特别是多分辨率DEM精度研究,提供了一种新的方法和思路。     

利用晕渲图进行数字高程模型位置精度检查方法的探讨

本文介绍了DEM位置精度检测的方法,针对DEM内插生成等高线与采集等高线进行套合检查的情况,论述了晕渲图与内插等高线的基本一致,说明了晕渲图的制作与等高线套合检查的关键技术指标,详细分析了套合检查过程中遇到的具体情况,对于DEM精度控制有很好地指导作用。     

数字高程模型精度评价及其问题探讨

分析了数字高程模型（DEM）精度评价中检查点“中误差”法的局限及DEM产品的实际质量问题,提出了采用等高线回放法以逼近误差的概念,以衡量DEM全域出现的最大误差。     

一种由等高线构建DEM的新方法

基于HASM,提出了一种由等高线建立DEM的新方法HASM-OC。HASM—OC方法保证地形曲面的整体光滑性,保证DEM最大程度上忠实于原始等高线数据。实际等高线案例结果表明,HASM—OC方法与基于薄板样条原理的Hutchinson方法的DEM模拟结果及其回放的等高线差相比,前者比后者保留更多的地形特征信息,前者的回放等高线比后者回放等高线更忠实于原始数据。     

基于格网重构等高线的DEM精度评估

基于重构等高线，本文提出了一种新的DEM精度指标-原始等高线与重构等高线间的面积差与原始等高线长度之比，研究基于重构等高线的DEM精度评估，评价DEM与实际地形吻合的情况。     

基于分形的DEM精度评估

分析讨论了DEM精度评估的主要研究内容、影响DEM精度的主要因素、基于等高线数据的DEM内插算法以及精度评估的模型和方法。提出了一种基于分形分析的DEM精度评估模型，为DEM精度的科学评估提供了一种新思路和新方法。     

基于等高线生成DEM的内插算法及其精度分析

以等高线为例,探讨了利用地图等高线矢量化生产DEM内插算法,并分析了各种方法的精度及适用范围。     

Spot Revisited: Accuracy Assessment, Dem Generation and Validation from Stereo Spot 5 Hrg Images

SPOT 5 HRG Level 1A and 1B stereo scenes covering Zonguldak testfield in north-west Turkey have been analysed. They comprise the left and right image components with base to height ratio of 0·54. The pixel size on the ground is 5 m. The bundle orientation was executed by the PCI Geomatica V9.1.4 software package and resulted in 3D geopositioning to sub-pixel accuracies in each axis provided that at least six control points were used in the computation. Root mean square error (rmse) values and vectors of residual errors for Levels 1A and 1B are similar, even for different control and check point configurations. Based on the scene orientation, Level 1A and 1B digital elevation models (DEMs) of the testfield have been determined by automatic matching and validated by the reference DEM digitised from the 1:25 000 scale topographic maps, interferometric DEMs from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) X- and C-band SAR data and the GPS profiles measured along the main roads in the testfield. Although the accuracies of reference data-sets are too similar to the generated SPOT DEMs, these are the only high quality reference materials available in this area. Sub-pixel height accuracy was indicated by the comparison with profile points. However, they are in favourable locations where matching is always successful, so such a result may give a biased measure of the accuracy of the corresponding DEMs.     

An Investigation into the Causes of Errors and Inconsistencies in Predicted Viewsheds

Previous evaluations of viewshed analyses have raised concerns about the accuracy and repeatability of the process. Digital elevation model (DEM) errors, the limited spatial resolution of DEMs, and differing algorithms employed by different GIS packages have all been suggested as possible sources for inaccuracy and non‐repeatability. This study compared a field surveyed viewshed to predicted viewsheds generated using a variety of software packages and DEM databases, some of which contained known amounts of error. We found that each of the factors suggested by previous authors contributes to errors in predicted viewsheds. DEM errors contribute most to the discrepancies between surveyed and predicted viewsheds, and the majority of their negative impact occurred at very low levels of DEM error. Differing algorithms used by different GIS packages also contribute significantly to surveyed/predicted viewshed discrepancies, but more importantly, result in predicted viewsheds that disagree with one other, thereby confounding comparisons of results generated with differing software systems. Finally, the spatial resolution of DEMs also has a significant effect on the degree of agreement between surveyed and predicted viewsheds, but the magnitude of this effect is not as great as are the effects produced by DEM errors.     

Assessment of freely available CartoDEM V1 and V1.1R1 with respect to high resolution aerial photogrammetric DEM in high mountains

The accuracy of DEMs shows wide variations from one terrain to another and it needs to be determined. This study evaluates NRSC (National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, India) CartoDEM V1 and V1.1R1 with respect to resampled ADS80 DEM for parts of the Himalayas. Both the test DEMs were properly registered with reference to resampled ADS80 DEM and then individually subtracted to get the difference DEMs. Visual and statistical analyses were performed to assess the quality of the tested DEMs in terms of visible terrain and vertical accuracy. For calculating the accuracies in different terrain classes, slope and aspect maps were generated from the ADS80 DEM. Properly registered Landsat5 TM data were used for the development of the land cover map with four classes. The overall vertical accuracy measured for CartoDEM V1 was 269.9 m (LE90), while CartoDEM V1.1R1 showed huge improvement in the accuracy with 68.5 m (LE90).     

Uncertainty analysis of soil erosion modelling using different resolution of open-source DEMs

The Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is one of the important parameters of soil erosion assessment and notable uncertainties are found in using different resolutions of the DEM. Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation model has been applied to analyze the effect of open-source DEMs with different resolution and accuracy on the uncertainties of soil erosion modelling in a part of the Narmada river basin in Madhya Pradesh in central India. Selected open-source DEMs are GTOPO30 (1 km), SRTM (30 and 90 m), CARTOSAT (30 m) and ASTER (30 m), used for estimating erosion rate. Results with better accuracy are achieved with the high-resolution DEMs (30 m) with higher vertical accuracy than the coarse resolution DEMs with lower accuracy. This study has presented potential uncertainties introduced by the open-source DEMs in soil erosion modelling for better understanding of appropriate selection and acceptable errors for researchers.     

Accuracy assessment of lidar-derived digital elevation models

Despite the relatively high cost of airborne lidar-derived digital elevation models (DEMs), such products are usually presented without a satisfactory associated estimate of accuracy. For the most part, DEM accuracy estimates are typically provided by comparing lidar heights against a finite sample of check point coordinates from an independent source of higher accuracy, supposing a normal distribution of the derived height differences or errors. This paper proposes a new methodology to assess the vertical accuracy of lidar DEMs using confidence intervals constructed from a finite sample of errors computed at check points. A non-parametric approach has been tested where no particular error distribution is assumed, making the proposed methodology especially applicable to non-normal error distributions of the type usually found in DEMs derived from lidar. The performance of the proposed model was experimentally validated using Monte Carlo simulation on 18 vertical error data-sets. Fifteen of these data-sets were computed from original lidar data provided by the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Working Group III/3, using their respective filtered reference data as ground truth. The three remaining data-sets were provided by the Natural Environment Research Council's Airborne Research and Survey Facility lidar system, together with check points acquired using high precision kinematic GPS. The results proved promising, the proposed models reproducing the statistical behaviour of vertical errors of lidar using a favourable number of check points, even in the cases of data-sets with non-normally distributed residuals. This research can therefore be considered as a potentially important step towards improving the quality control of lidar-derived DEMs.     

1∶10000及1∶50000比例尺DEM信息容量的比较——以陕北韭园沟流域为例

运用比较分析与数理统计的方法,以1:10000DEM为基准,探讨在黄土丘陵沟壑区1:50000地形图所建立的数字高程模型描述地表形态的精度特征。样区为陕北绥德县韭园沟流域,基本技术平台为ARC/VIEW地理信息系统软件,研究结果表明,在该地区内,利用1:50000DEM所提取的降水累积量、地面坡度、地面坡向3种地形因子都不同程度地存在着误差。该研究成果对于DEM应用精度的估算与误差的纠正,都有一定的指导意义。     

DEM融合算法及其在困难地区测图中的应用

对于我国西部高山区,如横断山脉,高程起伏明显,常年被云雾覆盖,日照稀少,采用传统方法进行地形图测绘存在较大困难,依赖单一方法获取的DEM往往难以满足测图的精度要求。为充分利用不同传感器和不同方法生成的DEM的优点,本文根据各方法的特点,结合小比例尺地形图中低精度的DEM,基于绝对精度等先验知识确定优先级别、相关/干系数确定融合权重,提出了一种包括雷达干涉测量、光学立体摄影测量、不同侧视方向像对雷达立体测图生成的四种多源DEM的像素级融合算法。在横断山脉地区使用所提融合算法进行了实验,获得了一个总体精度得到提高的无缝DEM,实验结果表明新算法为地形复杂的测图困难地区DEM获取提供了一种可能的解决方案。     

Evaluation of vertical accuracy of open source Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is a quantitative representation of terrain and is important for Earth science and hydrological applications. DEM can be generated using photogrammetry, interferometry, ground and laser surveying and other techniques. Some of the DEMs such as ASTER, SRTM, and GTOPO 30 are freely available open source products. Each DEM contains intrinsic errors due to primary data acquisition technology and processing methodology in relation with a particular terrain and land cover type. The accuracy of these datasets is often unknown and is non-uniform within each dataset. In this study we evaluate open source DEMs (ASTER and SRTM) and their derived attributes using high postings Cartosat DEM and Survey of India (SOI) height information. It was found that representation of terrain characteristics is affected in the coarse postings DEM. The overall vertical accuracy shows RMS error of 12.62 m and 17.76 m for ASTER and SRTM DEM respectively, when compared with Cartosat DEM. The slope and drainage network delineation are also violated. The terrain morphology strongly influences the DEM accuracy. These results can be highly useful for researchers using such products in various modeling exercises.     

A Comparison Between Contour Elevation Data Sources for DEM Creation and Soil Carbon Prediction, Coshocton, Ohio

A raster and vector GIS was created for the North Appalachian Experimental Watershed (NAEW) from legacy (1960) 1:2,400‐scale contour maps. The intent of the study was to use terrain data for the spatial modeling of soil organic carbon. It was hypothesized that DEMs derived from these data would be more accurate and therefore more useful for terrain‐based soil modeling than those from USGS 1:24,000‐scale contour data. Central tasks for this study were to digitally capture the 1:2,400‐scale maps, convert digital contour data sources to raster DEMs at multiple resolutions, and derive terrain attributes. A flexible approach was adopted, using software outside of mainstream GIS sources where scientifically or practically advantageous. Elevation contours and streamlines were converted to raster DEMs using ANUDEM. DEMs ranging in resolution from 0.5–30 m were tested for accuracy against precision carrier‐phase GPS data. The residual standard deviation was 1.68 meters for the USGS DEM and 0.36 meters for the NAEW DEM. The optimal horizontal resolution for the NAEW DEM was 5 m and for the USGS 10 m. Five and 10 m resolution DEMs from both data sources were tested for carbon prediction. Multiple terrain parameters were derived as proxies for surficial processes. Soil samples (n = 184) were collected on four zero‐order watersheds (conventional tillage, no‐till, hay and pasture). Multiple least squares regressions (m.l.s.) were used to predict mass C (kg m^?2, 30 cm depth) from topographic information. Model residuals were not spatially autocorrelated. Statistically significant topographic parameters were attained most consistently from the 5 m NAEW DEM. However, topography was not a strong predictor of carbon for these watersheds, with r² ranging from 0.23 to 0.58.     

Accuracy analysis, dem generation and validation using russian tk-350 stereo-images

TK-350 stereo-scenes of the Zonguldak testfield in the north-west of Turkey have been analysed. The imagery had a base-to-height ratio of 0·52 and covered an area of 200 km × 300 km, with each pixel representing 10 m on the ground. Control points digitised from 1:25 000 scale topographic maps were used in the test. A bundle orientation was executed using the University of Hanover program BLUH and PCI Geomatica OrthoEngine AE software packages. Tests revealed that TK-350 stereo-images can yield 3D geopositioning to an accuracy of about 10 m in planimetry and 17 m in height. A 40 m resolution digital elevation model (DEM) was generated by the PCI system and compared against a reference DEM, which was derived from digitised contour lines provided by 1:25 000 scale topographic maps. This comparison showed that accuracy depends mainly on the surface structure and the slope of the local terrain. Root mean square errors in height were found to be about 27 and 39 m outside and inside forested areas, respectively. The matched DEM demonstrated a systematic shift against the reference DEM visible as an asymmetric shift in the frequency distribution. This is perhaps caused by the presence of vegetation and buildings.