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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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2010

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Assessing The Vertical Accuracy Of Arkansas Five-Meter Digital Elevation Model For Different Physiographic Regions, Robert C. Weih Jr. Jan 2010

Assessing The Vertical Accuracy Of Arkansas Five-Meter Digital Elevation Model For Different Physiographic Regions, Robert C. Weih Jr.

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) represent the elevation of the earth’s surface. Scientists and decision makers have used DEMs to address questions relating to the earth’s landscape. This study assessed the vertical accuracy of Arkansas 5-meter raster DEM dataset produced in 2006 photogrammetrically, for three physiographic regions that represented a variation of elevations. The vertical accuracy of the DEM datasets was assessed by comparing their elevations to elevations collected using a surveying carrier phase Global Position System (GPS). To make comparisons between physiographic regions, paired t-tests using absolute elevation value difference and elevation difference along with the Absolute Mean Range Value …