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Comment by bcraven

21 hours ago

Would a DSM not be preferable to a DTM? Or is that you reference with regards to large trees?

DSM includes buildings and trees. So the DSM from SRTM data makes market street in S.F. look like a series of very steep hills and valleys because some of the datapoints are street level while others are the roofs of skyscrapers. DTM removes the buildings resulting in a map much closer to what we think of from the ground.