ASF : Alaska Satellite FacilityCourses
Geography 293 - Survey of Elevation Modeling Techniques
Introduction to topographic mapping, contouring, hypsography, and digital elevation modeling, including a history of their development. Surveys relevant technology and techniques, including vertical mapping datums, land surveying, stereo imaging, photogrammetry, GPS (Global Positioning System), LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), SAR Interferometry, and SONAR bathymetric mapping. Includes application studies such as glacier monitoring using LiDAR and SAR, and LIDAR biomass and forest canopy estimation, as well as flood plain mapping and tsunami inundation models for emergency managers.