Class #14

10 Abril 2019, 14:30 Maria da Graça Corte-Real Mira da Silva Abrantes

The Raster data structure and Digital Terrain Modelling

  • The Raster data structure
    • Basic concepts: grid, cells, spatial resolution
  • Raster vs. vector data structure
  • Raster to vector and vector to raster data conversion
  • Digital Terrain Modelling
    • Main elements of the terrain surface
    • Contour lines
    • Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN)
    • Derived data: slope, aspect, hillshade, visibility, profiles, ...
Documentation: 04 Spatial Data Structures.pdf, 05 Digital Terrain Modelling.pdf