An Approach to Automated Terrain Classification from Digital Elevation Model

Download or read book An Approach to Automated Terrain Classification from Digital Elevation Model written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using digital elevation model data, landforms are classified into two broad, generic terrain features -- mounts and non-mounts. Mount represents an aggregation of elevated features including hills, mountains and ranges. All remaining features are classified collectively as non-mount. The results of this work suggest that it may be possible to acceptably replicate the manual classification of certain generic terrain features. However, the general utility of the mount/non-mount classification appears to be limited by the classification algorithms, the nature of the regional terrain and the quality of available digital data. Possible applications for generic terrain feature information, such as mounts and non-mounts, are presented.