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Code - Course Title	UCS578 - Digital Elevation Models and Applications
Course Type	Elective Courses
Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice	3+0
ECTS	7.5
Course Instructor(s)	PROFESÖR DOKTOR UĞUR AVDAN
Mode of Delivery	Distance Learning
Prerequisites	There is no prerequities
Courses Recomended	• Photogrammetry• Remote sensing
Required or Recommended Resources	• Li, Z., 2005. Digital Terrain Modelling: Principles and Methodology, CRC Press, ISBN 0415324629.• Peckham, R.J. and Jordan, G., 2007. Digital Terrain Modelling: Development and Applications in a Policy Support Environment, Springer, ISBN 3-540-36730-6.• Wilson, C.P. and Gallant, J. C., 2000. Terrain analysis: principles and applications, Newyork, Wiley, ISBN 0471321885.
Recommended Reading List	• Bola Ayeni & Kayode Julius Samuel (2014) An evaluation of digital elevation modeling in GIS and Cartography, Geo-spatial Information Science, 17:2, 139-144, DOI: 10.1080/10095020.2013.772808• José L. Mesa-Mingorance * and Francisco J. Ariza-López (2020) Accuracy Assessment of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs): A Critical Review of Practices of the Past Three Decades, Remote Sensing, doi:10.3390/rs12162630• Eric Galin, Eric Guérin, Adrien Peytavie, Guillaume Cordonnier, Marie-Paule Cani, et al.. A Review of Digital Terrain Modeling. Computer Graphics Forum, Wiley, 2019, 38 (2), pp.553-577. 10.1111/cgf.13657
Assessment methods and criteria	2 midterms, 1 final exam
Work Placement
Sustainability Development Goals

Weeks	Topics
Week - 1	Introduction: Representation of Digital Elevation Models, Digital Elevation Models, Digital Elevation Modeling
Week - 2	Height Descriptors and Sampling Strategies
Week - 3	Digital Elevation Model Source Data Collection Methods: Photogrammetry, Radargrammetry and SAR Interferometry
Week - 4	Digital Elevation Model Source Data Collection Methods: Air Laser Scanning (LIDAR)
Week - 5	Digital Surface Modeling: Digital Surface Modeling Approaches
Week - 6	Digital Surface Modeling: Continuity of Digital Elevation Model Surfaces
Week - 7	Digital Surface Modeling: Triangle Mesh for Surface Modeling, Grid Mesh for Surface Modeling
Week - 8	Quality Control in Elevation Data Generation
Week - 9	Accuracy of Digital Elevation Models
Week - 10	Visualization of Digital Elevation Models
Week - 11	Interpretation of Digital Elevation Models
Week - 12	Digital Elevation Models Application Areas
Week - 13	Digital Elevation Model Sample Application
Week - 14	Digital Elevation Model Sample Application

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
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Toplam (%)		0