Thanks Yves, but my question still remains though. So in this raster of 1200 x 1200 pixels, does each pixel get assigned an elevation in meters of "x" meters? Or do the four corners of each pixel have different elevation values of a,b,c and d meters each?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:30 PM, yvecai <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yvecai@gmail.com">yvecai@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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It seems to me that the SRTM dataset is available in tiles of 1°x1°,
with a 3 arc second resolution, which gives a raster of 1200x 1200
pixels. 3 arc second is ~90 meter, but *exactly* 3 arc second in
WGS84.<br>
<a href="http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/Documentation/Quickstart.pdf" target="_blank">http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/Documentation/Quickstart.pdf</a><br>
Yves<br>
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Le 04/03/2012 19:36, Ed Linde a écrit :
<div><div class="h5"><blockquote type="cite">Yves, I am not sure I understand what you are
saying..sorry. My question is basically if the points within a
single cell can
<div>potentially have different elevation values because of
interpolation? Or do all the points that lie within a cell get
one elevation</div>
<div>value?<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 2:36 PM, yvecai
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yvecai@gmail.com" target="_blank">yvecai@gmail.com</a>></span>
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Ed Linde a écrit :
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<div>Hi All,
<div>Can someone help me understand a concept with
the SRTM raster. My understanding is that the
raster can be thought of as a uniform grid with
each cell having dimension = "90m x 90m" (for
SRTM-1 dataset). Now I am just wondering if the
elevation values are 4 values at each vertex or
boundary point of a cell? or is it one elevation
value for the 90x90 m^2 area covered by the cell?
I ask because if its the first option, then it
would mean that every point that falls in the cell
has it's elevation calculated using some sort of
interpolation between the 4 corner points of the
cell to arrive at this point's altitude. Or do
several points that fall into this 90x90 cell get
assigned the same elevation value?</div>
<div>Would be great if I could get some help
understanding this concept about SRTM rasters.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Ed </div>
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Wouldn't that be a grid of 1°/1201 by 1°/1201 with
1201x1201 elevation value?<br>
Just a guess.<br>
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