Computer Analysis of Topography: A Comparison of Terrain Storage Methods
作者:
MarkDavid M.,
期刊:
Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
(Taylor Available online 1975)
卷期:
Volume 57,
issue 3-4
页码: 179-188
ISSN:0435-3676
年代: 1975
DOI:10.1080/04353676.1975.11879914
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
AbstractTopographic information can be digitized in several ways. Sampling may be surface-random or surface-specific. Surface-random sampling includes grids, contours, and randomly-located points. In this study, grids and surface-specific sampling are compared with reference to the problem of estimating certain geomorphometric parameters.Results of empirical comparison of the methods over six selected topographic samples are presented. The assumption of a linear relationship between grid spacing and grid error is used to estimate the grid spacing which would be required to produce the same average errors as the surface-specific point samples. For the three parameters used, these hypothetical grids require more digitization time and computer storage space than the surface-specific point data sets.
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