Digital Elevation Model Based Volume Calculations Using Topographical Data
Publication: Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 129, Issue 2
Abstract
Volume calculations based on a digital elevation model (DEM) are widely used instead of traditional handmade cross-sectioning methods on contour maps. Cross sections can be derived from a DEM performed in a computer, when the cross-sectioning method is preferred. Although many studies have been performed on the accuracy of DEM, accuracy of volume calculation based on a DEM is still unfamiliar to users. Therefore, in the concept of this study, accuracies of the DEM based volume calculations are tested on four selected theoretical surfaces for various data patterns. Volume calculations with triangular prisms, rectangular prisms, and cross sections are applied. Rational true errors are derived for the DEM based volume calculations.
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Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 129 • Issue 2 • May 2003
Pages: 56 - 64
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Apr 3, 2001
Accepted: Jun 11, 2002
Published online: Apr 15, 2003
Published in print: May 2003
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