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Faculty of Mining and Geology

ECTS Course Overview



Digital Terrain Models

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Course Unit Code548-0071/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
RUZ02Ing. Kateřina Růžičková, Ph.D.
Summary
The aim of the subject is DTM creation, quality assessment and visualization. It also present basic DTM analysis.

Professional knowledge: Graduates of this course will be able to define DTM and distinguish individual types of DTM. Be able to list individual steps in creating DTM and describe methods for creating DTM. They will have an overview of basic DTM analyses and methods of their presentation.

Professional skills: Students will be able to create DTM. That is, select appropriate data for its creation, a data model for a specific purpose and a method for its creation. They will be able to manipulate the created DTM, its visualization and also methods for evaluating its quality.

General competence: Students will be able to independently design and implement an entire project for creating and using DTM. Evaluate the suitability of the method for creating DTM, the quality of the taught DTM.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Define DMR
- Distinguish between individual DMR types
- Create DMR - choose suitable data, data model and method for DMR creation
- Evaluate DMR quality
- Specify and describe basic DMR analysis
- Apply most of the basic DMR analysis

Course Contents
1. Introduction
2. Features of ground
3. Types of DMT
4. Data sources for DMT creation
5. Data acquisition methods for DMT creation
6. Data models for DMT
7. Process of DMT creation
8. Interpolation
9. Triangulation
10. DMT verification
11. DMT visualization
12. DMT analyses (slope, orientation, curvature and roughness of DTM; landforms classification)
13. Analyses over DMT (hydrological and volume analyses; visibility analyses)
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
LI, Z., ZHU, Q., GOLD, Ch. Digital Terrain Modeling. Principles and Applications. CRC Press, 2005. 323 p.
MAUNE, D. F., NAYEGANDHI, A. Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual, 3rd Edition. ASPRS, 2018. 544 p. ISBN 1-57083-102-5
WILSON, J. P., GALLANT, J. C. Terrain Analysis. Principles and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. 479 p.
EL-SHEIMY, N., VALEO, C., HABIB, A. Digital Terrain Modeling. Acquisition, Manipulation, and Applications. Artech House, Inc., 2005. 257 p. ISBN 1-58053-921-1
KLIMÁNEK, M. Digitální modely terénu. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2006. 85 s. ISBN 80-7157-982-3
LI, Z., ZHU, Q., GOLD, Ch. Digital Terrain Modeling. Principles and Applications. CRC Press, 2005. 323 p.
PACINA, J. a kol. Digitální modely reliéfu. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP. 2014.
RŮŽIČKOVÁ, K. Digitální modely reliéfu. Studijní opory VŠB-TUO, 2018. Dostupné v lms.vsb.cz
Recommended Reading:
FLORINSKY, I. V. Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology. 2016 Elsevier. 506 p. ISBN 978-0-12-804632-6
IMHOF, E. Cartographic Relief Presentation. ESRI Press. 2007. 379 p.
CHANG, K. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 2018. ISBN 978-1-259-92964-9
KWAST, H., MENKE, K. QGIS for Hydrological Applications: Recipes for Catchment Hydrology and Water Management. Locate Press 2019. 168 p. ISBN-13: 978-0998547787

IMHOF, E. Cartographic Relief Presentation. ESRI Press. 2007. 379 p.
CHANG, K. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 2018. ISBN 978-1-259-92964-9
RAPANT, P. Geoinformatika a geoinformační technologie. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2006. 500 str. ISBN 80-248-1264-9.
WILSON, J. P., GALLANT, J. C. Terrain Analysis. Principles and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. 479 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined