19-07-2011, 03:14 PM
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) have recently become the technologies of choice in mass production of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), and Triangulated Irregular Networks (TINs), referred to generically hereafter as DEMs. This paper presents lessons learned from LIDAR projects to date in various states. It addresses opportunities presented by LIDAR for generating DEMs as articulated by various user groups in the National Height Modernization Study. Finally, it summarizes actions required by the remote sensing community to establish LIDAR as standard tools, with established standards, for generating digital elevation data for the new millennium.
