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===Topography data===
=== Topography data descriptions ===
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* '''LiDAR / ALSM''' (Airborne Laser Swath Mapping)<br>[http://www.ncalm.org/ Original data source] | [http://calm.geo.berkeley.edu/ncalm/index.html Download data]
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* '''ETOPO2''' (Global 2-minute gridded elevation data)<br>[http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/fliers/01mgg04.html Original data source] | [http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/relief/ETOPO2/ETOPO2v2-2006/ Download data]
 
* '''ETOPO5''' (Global 5-minute gridded elevation data)<br>
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| class="" colspan="3"| ETOPO5 (Earth Topography 5-minute) is a gridded elevation (land) and bathymetry (sea floor) data set for the entire Earth at a grid spacing of 5 minutes (1/12 of a degree or 300 arcseconds). The entire data set consists of a single file which has 4320 columns and 2160 rows. This data set was compiled using data from many different sources by the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Most of the data set dates to 1988, except for a small area in Canada that was regridded in 1990. Elevation values are stored in a flat binary file (row major, no header) as signed 2-byte integers, and are available with both the LSB (least significant byte first) and MSB (most significant byte first) byte orders. The elevation units are meters.<br>Note - The newer GLOBE and GTOPO30 data sets (See below) also provide global coverage at the much higher resolution of 30 arcseconds.<br>''This description is provided by Rivix LLC''
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* '''GLOBE''' (Global Land One-km Base Elevation)<br>
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| class="" colspan="3"| GLOBE is an international effort to create a global digital elevation model (DEM) on a nominal 1-kilometer grid. Data from a variety of sources was compiled and independently peer-reviewed to provide 30 arcsecond grid spacing, which corresponds to approximately one kilometer near the equator. GLOBE Version 1.0 was completed and released in 1999. GLOBE is an activity of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), and is part of Focus 1 of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme's Data and Information System (IGBP-DIS).<br>GLOBE coverage is divided into sixteen tiles. Each tile spans 90 degrees of longitude has 10800 columns. Tiles bordering the equator span 50 degrees of latitude and have 6000 rows, while the remaining tiles span 40 degrees and have 4800 rows. Elevation data is stored as signed 2-byte integers in flat binary (row major) files with the LSB (least significant byte first) byte order and units of meters. Header files for several formats are also available. Bathymetric data is not yet included but is planned for a future version of GLOBE.<br>''This description is provided by Rivix LLC''
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* '''GTOPO30''' (Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation Data Set)<br>
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! class=""| [http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/gtopo30/gtopo30.html Original data source]
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| class="" colspan="3"| GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arcseconds (about 1 kilometer at the equator). GTOPO30 was developed through a collaborative effort led by staff at the USGS EROS Data Center. NASA and several other organizations around the world contributed to the project, which was completed in late 1996. The data set provides complete global coverage divided into 33 tiles. Ocean pixels are flagged with a nodata value of -9999.<br>For latitudes between -60 and 90 degrees there are 27 tiles, each spanning 50 degrees of latitude (6000 rows) and 40 degrees of longitude (4800 columns). Latitudes between -90 and -60 correspond to Antarctica, which is covered by 6 tiles, each spanning 30 degrees of latitude (3600 rows) and 60 degrees of longitude (7200 columns). The data for Antarctica is also available in a polar stereographic projection consisting of a single tile that has 5400 columns and 5400 rows and a grid spacing of 1000 meters. Elevation data for all tiles is stored as signed 2-byte integers in flat binary (row major, no header) files with the MSB (most significant byte first) byte order and units of meters above mean sea level. Georeferencing information is in a separate ASCII header (HDR) file. The reference ellipsoid/datum is WGS84.<br>''This description is provided by Rivix LLC''
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* '''NED''' (National Elevation Dataset; USA)<br>
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! class=""| [http://ned.usgs.gov/ Original data source]
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| class="" colspan="3"| The National Elevation Dataset (NED) is a new raster product assembled by the US Geological Survey (USGS) from several other US data sets. It is designed to provide elevation data for the United States in a seamless form with a consistent datum, elevation unit, and projection. The NED has a horizontal resolution of 1 arcsecond (approximately 30 meters at the equator) for the conterminous US, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, and 2 arcseconds for Alaska. Actual pixel dimensions in meters vary with the cosine of latitude. Since most of Alaska is north of 60 degrees latitude, and since cos(60)=1/2, pixel dimensions in Alaska are also close to 30 meters. Elevation units are decimal meters. North American Datum 1983 (GRS 80 ellipsoid) is used as the horizontal datum, and the data is in the Geographic "projection". The NED is nearing completion and will be distributed in the Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) Raster Profile format. The NED will be updated to incorporate data of higher resolution or quality as it becomes available.<br>During the NED assembly process, source data was corrected when necessary to minimize artifacts and to provide better edge matching near seams between adjacent source DEMs. The source data included USGS 7.5-minute DEMs (UTM, 30 meter pixels) for which edge matching problems are not uncommon.<br>''This description is provided by Rivix LLC''
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* '''SLA-02''' (Shuttle Laser Altimeter III)<br>[http://denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/sla02/ Original data source] | [http://denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/lapf_web/claudia/data/data_download.html Download data]
* '''SRTM''' (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)
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! class=""| [http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ Original data source]
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| class="" colspan="3"| The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) was a 10-day mission which flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in February 2000. It was a cooperative project between NASA and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA, formerly Defense Mapping Agency) that collected high-resolution topographic data for most of the land surfaces between -54 and 60 degrees latitude. Data was collected using a method called single-pass radar interferometry, with two imaging radar systems on the Shuttle separated by a 60 meter mast. This technology is based on the Spaceborne Imaging Radar - C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) that was used on two previous Shuttle missions.<br>Although the data collection effort has been completed, the post-processing and validation necessary to produce a final gridded data set is scheduled to be complete sometime in 2004. As of June, data for North and South America, Eurasia and Africa have been made available on an FTP site (see link below) in a simple, binary "HGT" format as 2-byte integers. The final data set is to be delivered to the EROS Data Center (EDC) of the USGS for distribution, possibly in the SDTS Raster Profile format. For latitudes between -50 and 50, the grid spacing will be 1 arcsecond of latitude and longitude (about 30 meters at the equator and decreasing towards the poles). For latitudes between -54 and 50 and between 50 and 60, the grid spacing will be 1 arcsecond of latitude and 2 arcseconds of longitude. Each tile in the data set will span 5 degrees of latitude and 5 degrees of longitude. For the region between -50 and 50, each tile will then contain 18000 rows and 18000 columns. Elevations will be measured in meters relative to the WGS84 ellipsoid model.<br>''This description is provided by Rivix LLC''
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 19 June 2012

Topography data descriptions

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There are 23 datasets described below.

Dataset infoTypeOriginDescriptionData example
ASTER Topography Measured Global topography from NASA's and METI's (Japan) Terra satellite ASTER machu picchu.jpg
Aerial images Fraser GST Topography Measured Aerial images of Fraser GST zone 1999-2014.png
CGIAR-CSI SRTM Topography Modeled Improved and void-filled global topographic model of the SRTM data; 3 arc-second (~90 m) cell size Cgiar screen.gif
Clara Orru - measured data of a degradational sand-gravel laboratory experiment Topography Measured measured data from a degradational sand-gravel laboratory experiment Sand-gravel.jpg
Coastal DEMs Topography Modeled High-resolution, integrated bathymetric-topographic relief models of U.S. coastal communities; 1/3 arc-second (~10 m) cell size and coarser Integrated coastal DEM.jpg
ETOPO1 Topography Modeled Global integrated bathymetric-topographic relief model; 1 arc-minute (~2 km) cell size ETOPO1.png
GEBCO Topography Modeled Global integrated bathymetric-topographic relief model; 1 arc-minute (~2 km) and 30 arc-second (~1 km) cell sizes GEBCO.png
GLOBE Topography Modeled Global topographic relief model; 30 arc-second (~1 km) cell size Globe3t.gif
GSHHG Topography Measured Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical,
High-resolution Geography Database
Gshhg.png
GTOPO30 Topography Modeled GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model with a horizontal resolution of 30 arc seconds. GTOPO30.png
Global Multibeam Bathymetry Topography Measured NGDC's global database of multibeam swath sonar bathymetric surveys Global Multibeam Bathymetry.png
Global Topography Topography Modeled Global estimated bathymetric and integrated bathy-topo relief models; 1 minute (~2 km) and 30 arc-second (~1 km) cell sizes Global topography.png
Great Lakes Bathymetry Topography Modeled Bathymetric models and contours of the Great Lakes; 3 arc-second (~90 m) cell size Greatlakes.gif
IBCAO Topography Modeled Integrated bathymetric-topographic relief model of the Arctic Ocean; 500-meter cell size IBCAO.png
MERIT DEM Topography Measured The MERIT DEM was developed by removing multiple error components from existing spaceborne DEMs (SRTM3 and AW3D) Mek Amz.png
Marine Geophysical Trackline Data Topography Measured NGDC's global database of marine trackline surveys; contains bathymetry, magnetics, gravity and seismic navigation data Marine Geophysical Trackline Data.png
NED Topography Modeled U.S. National Elevation Dataset (NED) topographic relief model; 1/9 arc-second (~3 m) cell size to 2 arc-second (~60 m) cell size NED.png
NGDC Coastal Relief Model Topography Modeled Integrated bathymetric-topographic relief models of U.S. coasts; 3 arc-second (~90 m) cell size NGDC Coastal Relief Model.png
NOSHDB Topography Measured Database of U.S. hydrographic surveys conducted by NOAA's National Ocean Service NOSHDB.png
OpenTopography Topography Modeled Community access to high-resolution, Earth science-oriented, topography data, and related tools and resources. OpenTopography.png
SRTM Topography Measured Global topography from NASA's 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) SRTM cover map.jpg
Southern Alaska Coastal Relief Model Topography Modeled Integrated bathymetric-topographic relief model of Southern Alaska; 24 arc-second cell size Southern Alaska Coastal Relief Model.png
World Vector Shoreline Topography Measured World Vector Shoreline WVS.png