[OSGeo Africa] SRTM 30m DEM

[Wisemen CHINGOMBE]

Thanks Aslam for the clarification

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On 6 November 2014 12:20, Aslam Parker <aparker at ruraldevelopment.gov.za>
wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> ASTER accuracy is less and there are many anololies and spikes, ASTER uses
> imagery wheras SRTM 30m is radar based and is far more penetrating. The
> SRTM data has gone through many iterations of editing/cleaning
>
> >>> "E. Ndava"  11/06/14 12:08 PM >>>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Still on that. In layman terms how does this DEM compare to the ASTER 30m
> DEM (https://www.jspacesystems.or.jp/ersdac/GDEM/E/4.html).
>
> Regards.
>
> On 6 November 2014 11:55, Aslam Parker
> wrote:
>
> > Please note that the recently made available SRTM 30m DEM data can either
> > be downloaded from http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/, or you can contact
> NGI
> > Cape town or Pretoria Office for a copy of the data. It is 4Gb large for
> > South Africa.
> >
> >
> >
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