Causes and consequences of error in digital elevation models

Progress in Physical Geography - Tập 30 Số 4 - Trang 467-489 - 2006
Peter Fisher1, Nicholas Tate2
1Department of Information Science, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK
2Department of Geography, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Tóm tắt

All digital data contain error and many are uncertain. Digital models of elevation surfaces consist of files containing large numbers of measurements representing the height of the surface of the earth, and therefore a proportion of those measurements are very likely to be subject to some level of error and uncertainty. The collection and handling of such data and their associated uncertainties has been a subject of considerable research, which has focused largely upon the description of the effects of interpolation and resolution uncertainties, as well as modelling the occurrence of errors. However, digital models of elevation derived from new technologies employing active methods of laser and radar ranging are becoming more widespread, and past research will need to be re-evaluated in the near future to accommodate such new data products. In this paper we review the source and nature of errors in digital models of elevation, and in the derivatives of such models. We examine the correction of errors and assessment of fitness for use, and finally we identify some priorities for future research.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Agumya, A., 1997, ITC Journal, 109

Agumya, A., 1999, URISA Journal, 11, 33

Agumya, A., 1999, Spatial accuracy assessment: land information uncertainty in natural resources, 35

10.1080/13658810210137031

10.14358/PERS.69.7.755

10.1016/S0165-0114(02)00250-6

10.1016/S0924-2716(99)00014-3

10.1002/hyp.343

Bolstad, P.V., 1994, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 60, 1327

10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00081-2

Brown, D.G., 1994, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 60, 189

10.1080/10106048609354060

10.1080/136588197242257

10.3138/AJ35-34H3-524K-0685

10.1559/152304091783805626

Chrisman, N.R., 1983, National Committee for Digital Cartographic Data Standards Report 3, 3

Cooper, M.A.R., 1998, Landform monitoring, modelling and analysis, 21

10.1080/13658810110053125

10.1109/36.964985

10.1080/136588197242239

10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00012-5

10.1080/13658810110053116

10.1559/152304096782438882

de Fazio, M., Proceedings of IGARSS'93, 1207

10.1029/WR015i002p00269

10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199706)22:6<563::AID-ESP713>3.0.CO;2-3

Devillers, R., OEEPE/ISPRS Joint Workshop on Spatial Data Quality Management, 21

Dubayah, R., 2000, Spatial information for land use management, 25

10.1080/136588100240967

Eastman, J.R., 1993, GIS and decision making

10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00005-8

10.1002/hyp.266

Englund, E., 1993, Environmental modeling and GIS, 432

Evans, I.S., 1980, Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 36, 274

10.1016/0924-2716(94)90044-2

Fisher, P.F., 1991, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 57, 1321

Fisher, P.F., 1992, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 58, 345

10.1080/02693799308901965

10.1111/j.1467-9671.1996.tb00035.x

Fisher, P.F., 1996, Geographical Systems, 3, 33

10.1559/152304096782438828

10.1023/A:1009717704255

10.1016/S0165-0114(99)00009-3

10.1080/136588198242003

Frank, A.U., 1998, Data quality in geographic information: from error to uncertainty, 15

10.1002/esp.3290190609

10.1016/S0924-2716(00)00018-6

10.1080/136588197242464

10.1080/136588198241545

Garbrecht, J., 1995, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 61, 519

10.1016/S0303-2434(99)85003-X

Gong, J., 2000, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 66, 1113

Goodchild, M.F., 1996, Elements of spatial data quality, 59

Goodchild, M.F., 1992, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 58, 1568

10.1080/014311698214190

Guth, P.L., 1999, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 65, 289

10.4324/9780203016114

10.1080/02693798908941518

10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00229-8

10.1016/S0924-2716(98)00013-6

Hunter, G.J., 1993, Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 5, 55

Hunter, G.J., 1995, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 61, 529

10.1111/j.1467-9671.1996.tb00030.x

10.1111/j.1538-4632.1997.tb00944.x

Huss, R.E., 1997, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 63, 415

Hutchinson, M.F., 1999, Geographical Information Systems, volume 1: principles and technical issues, 105

Jenson, S.K., 1988, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 54, 1593

10.1016/S0034-4257(00)00136-X

10.1080/136588199241067

Kraus, K., 1994, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 60, 457

10.1559/152304083783914958

Leberl, F.W., 1982, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 48, 615

Lemmens, M.J.P.M., 1999, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality '99, 210

10.1111/j.1477-9730.1988.tb00636.x

10.1111/j.1477-9730.1992.tb00211.x

10.1016/0924-2716(94)90051-5

Li, Z., 1999, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality '99, 202

10.1111/j.1538-4632.1999.tb00981.x

10.1016/S0165-0114(02)00139-2

10.1080/136588197242149

10.1111/1467-9671.00037

10.1080/13658810210129111

10.3138/Y481-6J14-8802-G755

10.1559/152304087783875723

Mitas, L., 1999, Geographical Information Systems, volume 1: principles and technical issues, 481

Monckton, C., 1994, Innovations in GIS 1, 201

10.3138/5R70-4W74-1H17-6X06

10.1111/j.1467-9671.1997.tb00058.x

10.1016/0022-1694(94)02671-W

10.1080/02693799008941549

10.1111/j.1477-9730.1987.tb00579.x

Petrie, G., 1990, Terrain modelling in surveying and civil engineering, 26

Pike, R.J., 2000, Progress in Physical Geography, 24, 1

Polidori, L., 1991, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 57, 1329

Press, W.H., 1989, Numerical recipes: the art of scientific computing (FORTRAN version)

10.1080/014311600210957

10.1111/j.1477-9730.1994.tb00793.x

10.1007/3-540-45799-2_20

Shearer, J.W., 1990, Terrain modelling in surveying and civil engineering, 315

10.1007/978-1-4613-0209-4_11

10.1080/02693798908941519

10.1080/02693799008941527

Tate, N.J., 2005, Qualité de l'Iinformation géographique, 94

Taylor, J.R., 1982, An introduction to error analysis

Thapa, K., 1992, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 58, 835

Theobald, D.M., 1989, The accuracy of spatial databases, 99

10.1016/0031-8663(86)90002-5

US Geological Survey (USGS), 1990, Digital elevation models: data users guide

Veregin, H., 1989, The accuracy of spatial databases, 3

10.1559/152304097782439330

Veregin, H., 1999, Geographical Information Systems – principles and applications, 177

10.1029/1999WR900034

Watson, D.F., 1992, Contouring: a guide to the analysis and display of spatial data

10.1016/S0924-2716(99)00011-8

10.1007/978-3-642-56094-1_30

10.1002/1099-1085(20000815/30)14:11/12<1909::AID-HYP45>3.0.CO;2-6

10.1029/94WR01971

Wood, J., 1994, Visualization in Geographical Information Systems, 168

Wood, J., 2002, Virtual reality in geography, 163

10.1109/38.204967

10.1559/152304000783547911

10.4324/9780203471326

Thông tin
Thông tin xuất bản

Progress in Physical Geography

Tập 30 Số 4

467-489

Thông tin tác giả