Generation of a Digital Elevation Model using high resolution satellite images
By Mr. Yottanut Paluang
FoS: RS&GIS
Presentation Outline Presentation Outline
1.1. IntroductionIntroduction
2.2. MethodologyMethodology
3.3. Result of this studyResult of this study
4.4. ConclusionConclusion
IntroductionIntroduction•Digital elevation models (DEMs) are increasingly used for visual and mathematical analysis of topography, landscapes and landforms as well as modeling of surface processes.
•This study attempts to find out the quality assessment of DEM products using different satellite images including ASTER and ALOS PRISM stereo image, comparing existing DEM.
•Three techniques are used to validate the result of DEM products
ALOS PRISMASTER
DEM
Generation
Objectives
1. To fuse DEM from ASTER and ALOS PRISM satellite imagery.
2. To evaluate the derived DEM for the suitability in term of terrain surface application.
3. To verify the result of DEM for several terrain surface in term of application suitability.
Study Area
Map of the Study area
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1.1. IntroductionIntroduction
2.2. MethodologyMethodology
3.3. Result of this studyResult of this study
4.4. Conclusion Conclusion
Presentation Outline Presentation Outline
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Available data
Material Name Data DescriptionProducing or
Acquisition Remark
ASTER Image Pair
Level 1AVNIR Band 3 nadir and
backward views, spatial resolution 15 m
20050107(acquisition date)
The data source of this study
ALOS PRISM Image Pair
Level 1B2 nadir and backward
Spatial resolution 2.5 m
20071023(acquisition date)
Topographic map
Scale 1: 50,000, contour interval 20 m,
coordinate system: UTM /WGS 84
2001
-Used for collected data- gained from RTSD
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Ground Truth The form of Ground truth for collecting data.
Date & Time: 14 November, 2007 Serial No. 53
Code of Point on Map: 670
Code of Point on image : 1
UTM/ WGS 84
GPS Coordinates Lat/Long
GPS Coordinates
497112 1906530 17º 14' 37.82″N 98º 58' 22.19″ E
GPS Altitude : 248 m Map Altitude : 240 m
No. of Satellites: 8
Description ( on the map) : The intersection of road and right edge of Bhumibhol Dam
Terrain type : Near the right edge of Bhumibhol Dam and medium terrain
Remark : This cross is clear on both map and image
Located on Ban Wang Khai – Song Khaw, Sam Ngao district , Map Sheet: 4843 III
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Ground Truth Cont’dGround truth for collecting data.
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Methodology
DEM Generation
Accuracy Assessment
Result
ASTER
ALOS PRISM
DEM ValidationDEM Validation
ASTER DEM
ALOS PRISM DEM
Fused DEM
+
• Locational Error
• Profile Curvature
• Check Points
• Mountain Area
• Flat Area
• Water Area
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Methodology Cont’dObjective 1: To fuse DEM from ASTER & ALOS PRISM satellite images
ASTER DEM ALOS PRISM DEM
Fused DEM
GCPs Selection
Tie Points Selection
Triangulation
DEM Generation
ASTER Images
Ground Truth Data
ALOS PRISM Images
Data processing
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USGS DEM
Elevation range
Low: 30 m
High : 1931 m
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ASTER DEMASTER DEM
Elevation range
Low: 58 m
High : 1086 m
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ALOS PRISM DEM
Elevation range
Low: 135 m
High : 1625m
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Fused DEMFused DEM
Elevation range
Low: 58 m
High : 1086 m
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Methodology Cont’d
Objective 2: To evaluate the derived DEM for suitability of terrain surface application
1. comparison of the drainage network from these DEM
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Drainage networksDrainage networks
Referenced - USGSReferenced - ASTERReferenced - ALOSReferenced - FusionAll Drainage networksReferenced Data
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Locational Error
• First step: line buffering. Perform a buffer operation on the line data sets X , using a buffer size, ε, which should be significantly larger than the geometric accuracy measure found for the data set X.
• Second step - overlay. Perform an overlay of the two line-polygon overlays: Overlay Xε with Q, resulting in the new mixed data sets as XεQ.
• Third step: statistics. Statistics is run to determine completeness
Length (Q inside Xε )Completeness (X ) = Length (Q)
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Methodology Cont’d
Objective 2: To evaluate the derived DEM for suitability of terrain surface application
1. comparison of the drainage network from these DEM
2. comparison of the terrain relief and Profile Curvature
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Terrain relief & Profile Curvature
- Linear error represents the accuracy of the vertical and the horizontal position.
- Differences of profile curvature between DEMs are displayed as linear features
Derived DEM Referenced DEM
Result
Comparison
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Methodology Cont’d
Objective 2: To evaluate the derived DEM for suitability of terrain surface application
1. comparison of the drainage network from these DEM
2. comparison of the terrain relief and Profile Curvature
3. comparison of the elevation of the derived DEM with the check points
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Comparison of the elevation of the derived DEM with the check points
• Defined from the GCPs, Tie points, and user define• An algorithm of accuracy evaluation called Root Mean Square
Error (RMSE)
Where mz is RMSE of elevation
δZi is the elevation differences between the derived DEM
and the check points n is the number of check points
mz = √ 1 δzi2
i=1
n
_n
∑
The lower the RMSE, the better the solution
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The number of Check Points
Check points
Mountain Area
Flat Area
Water Area
Total
USGS DEM 28 29 11 68
ASTER DEM 28 29 11 68
ALOS PRISM DEM 11 8 7 26
FUSED DEM 17 12 10 39
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Methodology Cont’d.
Objective 3: To verify the result of DEM for several terrain surfaces in term of application suitability.
Comparison
Referenced DEM • ASTER DEM
• ALOS PRISM DEM
• Fused DEM
• Mountain Area
• Flat Area
• Water Area
• Locational Error
• Profile Curvature
• Check Points
Result
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1.1. IntroductionIntroduction
2.2. MethodologyMethodology
3.3. Result of this studyResult of this study
4.4. Conclusion Conclusion
Presentation Outline Presentation Outline
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Comparison of the drainage network from
these DEM
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Drainage networksDrainage networks
(a)
(c)
(b)
(e)
(d) a : 1st Mountain area
b : 2nd Mountain area
d : 1st Flat area
e : 2nd Flat area
c : Water area
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(a)
(c)
(b)
(e)
(d)
Locational Error
USGS ASTER
ALOS PRISM
mountain Area 1
-6.2
9.0
24.2
39.3
54.5
69.7
84.8
100.0
20 40 60 80 100 125 150 175 200 250 300 350
Epsilon band (m)
% o
f st
ream
lin
e w
ith
in b
uff
er
usgs
aster
fused
alos
ASTER
ALOS PRISM
USGS
Locational Error cont’d
(a)
(c)
(b)
(e)
(d)
Mountain Area 2
0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0
100.0
20 40 60 80 100 125 150 175 200 250 300 350 400 450
Epsilon band (m)
% o
f str
eam
lin
e w
ith
in b
uff
er
usgs
aster
alos
fused
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(a)
(c)
(b)
(e)
(d)
Locational Error cont’d
Water area
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
20 40 60 80 100 125 150 175 200 250
Epsilon band (m)
% o
f d
rain
age
net
wo
rk
wit
hin
bu
ffer
Fusion
ASTER
ALOS
USGS
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Comparison of the terrain relief and Profile Curvature
Terrain relief & Profile Curvature
Min -200
Max 294
Mean -11
SD 72.0
Elevation Profile
0
200
400
600
800
1000
12000
2161
4321
6482
8642
1080
3
1296
4
1512
4
1728
5
1944
5
2160
6
2376
7
2592
7
2808
8
3024
8
3240
9
3457
0
3673
0
3889
1
4105
1
4321
2
4537
3
4753
3
Horizontal Distance (m)
Ele
vati
on
(m
)
ASTER
Reference
Elevation Error Profile
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
0
2020
4039
6059
8079
1009
8
1211
8
1413
8
1615
8
1817
7
2019
7
2221
7
2423
6
2625
6
2827
6
3029
5
3231
5
3433
5
3635
4
3837
4
4039
4
4241
3
4443
3
4645
3
horizontal Distance (m)
Ele
vati
on
(m
)
Error
Terrain relief & Profile Curvature Cont’d
Elevation Profile
0200400600800
1000120014001600
0
2560
5120
7679
1023
9
1279
9
1535
8
1791
8
2047
8
2303
8
2559
7
2815
7
3071
7
3327
7
3583
6
3839
6
4095
6
4351
5
4607
5
4863
5
5119
5
Horizontal Distance (m)
Ele
vati
on
(m
)
ASTER
Reference
Elevation Error profile
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0
2351
4702
7052
9403
1175
4
1410
5
1645
5
1880
6
2115
7
2350
8
2585
9
2820
9
3056
0
3291
1
3526
2
3761
2
3996
3
4231
4
4466
5
4701
5
4936
6
5171
7 horizontal Distance (m)
Err
or
(m)
Error
Min -204
Max 474
Mean 29
SD 98
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Terrain relief & Profile Curvature Cont’d Profile Elevation
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
14000
2440
4880
7320
9759
1219
9
1463
9
1707
9
1951
9
2195
8
2439
8
2683
8
2927
8
3171
8
3415
8
3659
7
3903
7
4147
7
4391
7
4635
7
4879
7
5123
6
5367
6
5611
6
Horizontal Distance (m)
Ele
vatio
n (m
)
Reference
alos prism
Elevation Error Profile
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0
2052
4103
6155
8207
1025
8
1231
0
1436
2
1641
3
1846
5
2051
7
2256
8
2462
0
2667
2
2872
3
3077
5
3282
7
3487
8
3693
0
3898
2
4103
3
4308
5
4513
7
4718
9
4924
0
5129
2
5334
4
5539
5
Horizontal Distance (m)
Ele
vati
on
(m
)
Error
Min -0.68
Max 0.47
Mean -0.01
SD 0.19
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Terrain relief & Profile Curvature Cont’d
Elevation Profile
0200400600800
1000120014001600
0
1954
3908
5863
7817
9771
1172
5
1368
0
1563
4
1758
8
1954
2
2149
6
2345
1
2540
5
2735
9
2931
3
3126
8
3322
2
3517
6
3713
0
3908
4
4103
9
4299
3
4494
7
Horizontal Distance (m)
Ele
vati
on
(m
)
fusion
reference
Elevation Error Profile
-200
-150
-100
-50
0
50
100
150
200
0
1863
3727
5590
7453
9317
1118
0
1304
3
1490
7
1677
0
1863
3
2049
7
2236
0
2422
3
2608
7
2795
0
2981
3
3167
7
3354
0
3540
3
3726
7
3913
0
4099
3
4285
7
4472
0Horizontal Distance (m)
Ele
vati
on
(m
)
error
Min -182
Max 166
Mean 3
SD 34
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Comparison of the elevation of the derived DEM with the check points
Comparison of the elevation of the derived DEM with the check points
ASTER
Min -53.7
Max 131.2
Mean 17.8
RMSE 52.0
Error Profile at Mountain area
131.2
-53.7
-100.0
-50.0
0.0
50.0
100.0
150.0
15 16 18 19 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 41 45 46 47 49 50 51 52 53 55 56 58 59 60 64 69
Points ID
Ele
vati
on
(m
)
ALOS
ASTER
USGS
Fused
USGS
Min -19.8
Max 81.5
Mean 4.8
RMSE 22.2
ALOS
Min -13.0
Max 56.0
Mean 5.4
RMSE 22.6
FUSE
Min -21.0
Max 30.0
Mean 4.0
RMSE 13.2
Comparison of the elevation of the derived DEM with the check points Cont’d
ASTER
Min -59.5
Mean -25.4
Max 29.1
RSME 35.7
Error profile at Flat area
-80.0
-60.0
-40.0
-20.0
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 36 37 40 42 43 44 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
Points ID
Ele
vati
on
(m
)
ASTER
ALOS
USGS
Fuse
USGS
Min -27.2
Mean -1.4
Max 37.0
RSME 12.8
ALOS
Min -11.0
Mean 5.7
Max 37.1
RSME 17.2
Fuse
Min -47.6
Mean -7.8
Max 37.0
RSME 26.3
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Comparison of the elevation of the derived DEM with the check points Cont’d
ASTER
Min -61.5
Mean -11.6
Max 60.3
RSME 35.8
USGS
Min -24.7
Mean -9.4
Max 34.4
RSME 19.2
ALOS
Min -30.0
Mean -1.3
Max 65.0
RSME 31.7
Fuse
Min -44.0
Mean -14.8
Max 19.4
RSME 23.4
Water Area
0.0
200.0
400.0
600.0
800.0
1000.0
1 3 4 5 13 20 30 39 54 68 70
Point ID
Ele
va
tio
n (
m) ASTER
USGS
GCPs
ALOS
FUSED
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Result
Minimum Maximum RMSE GCP
USGS DEM -27.2 81.5 18.8 68
ASTER DEM -61.5 131.3 43.1 68
ALOS PRISM DEM -30.0 65.0 23.7 26
FUSED DEM -47.0 37.0 21.6 39
Comparison of the elevation of the derived DEM with the check points Cont’d
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1.1. IntroductionIntroduction
2.2. MethodologyMethodology
3.3. Result of this studyResult of this study
4.4. Conclusion Conclusion
Presentation Outline Presentation Outline
- The quality of ALOS PRISM DEM result is fitted to the referenced DEM.
- The drainage networks of ALOS PRISM are likely fitted to the referenced dataset.
- ALOS PRISM DEM at finer resolution present more detailed features.
- Fused data are more useful for the lack of data and the damaging terrain surface.
Conclusion
Recommendation for Further researches
- Satellite Image should be free cloud for DEM generation
- The quality of DEM result depend on the number of GCPs
- - User must concern the source of data to generate DEM.
- - Apply to use in other area.
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