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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Digital Elevation Model



A DEM is a digital map that shows terrain elevations for ground positions at regularly spaced horizontal intervals. They are often used to generate three dimensional images, with our without color, that show the relief of the location.



This image of the Sahara Desert was created using satellite imaging.

http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery/dem-sahara-tunisia-lg.html
Posted by Amanda at 6:10 PM

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