[GRASS-user] Is the SRTM dataset a DEM or a DSM?

[Carlos "Guâno" Grohmann]

IMO its a DEM, since the "z" value represents elevation, including
tree canopy and urban features. I personally don't like the term DSM
because it can be related with any kind of Surface, and DEM (and DTM,
when the "z" values represent the altitude) is related with the
_topographical_ surface.

cheers

Carlos




On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 15:31, Nikos Alexandris
<nikos.alexandris at felis.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> In http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SRTMdataProcessingMethodology.asp it's
> called only DEM. In some papers it's called DSM.
>
> I'd rather say it's a DSM. But I would also like to know if there are
> objections ;-)
>
> Thank you,
>
> Nikos
>
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