Provides coverage of the developments in the field of Digital terrain models. This book includes an examination of data acquisition and a review of the presentation of DTMs in databases, in contour form, and in various forms of computer graphics. It also explores the theories, methods, and algorithms of digital terrain modeling.

Preface, 1 Introduction, 2 Terrain Descriptors and Sampling Strategies, 3 Techniques for Acquisition of DTM Source Data, 4 Digital Terrain Surface Modeling, 5 Generation of Triangular Irregular Networks, 6 Interpolation Techniques for Terrain Surface Modeling, 7 Quality Control in Terrain Data Acquisition, 8 Accuracy of Digital Terrain Models, 9 Multi-Scale Representations of Digital Terrain Models, 10 Management of DTM Data, 11 Contouring from Digital Terrain Models, 12 Visualization of Digital Terrain Models, 13 Interpretation of Digital Terrain Models, 14 Applications of Digital Terrain Models, 15 Beyond Digital Terrain Modeling, Epilogue, References, Index