Sunday, April 24, 2011

Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

http://www.washingtonstatesearch.com/Washington_maps/Washington_State_digital_elevation_map.html

The DEM above shows the US State of Washington and its elevation levels. This image does not include a legend with what color equals what elevation level, but it is still easy to see that there are some large differences in elevation.  DEMs gather elevation data from a number of sources, LIDAR, GPS, Topographic maps and more. DEMs are fully digital models and not photographs or maps with elevation data laid on top.

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