organisation MLURI
user_name David Miller
user_organisation Macaulay Land Use Research Institute Craigiebuckler Aberdeen United Kingdom AB15 8QH
date 3/7/97
data_set_name Cwm Berwyn, Digital Elevation Model, 1995
data_date June 1995
description Digital elevation model of the forest canopy and surrounding land for the Cwm Berwyn study site in Wales. Data derived by digital photogrammetry from aerial photography flown in June 1995. DEM is raster format at 1m horizontal resolution.
raster_vector RASTER
filename cwm_berwyn_dem_95.img
software Erdas Imagine, V.8.2, OrthoMAX module (Autometric Inc.)
formats Erdas Imagine (*.img), Erdas 7.5 (.gis, *.lan), ESRI GRID
operating_system Solaris 2.4 and Solaris 2.5
format Erdas Imagine *.img
projection United Kingdom Ordnance Survey National Grid Modified Transverse Mercator Airy spheroid (1830) Scale factor at central meridian: 0.9996 Central meridian: 2 degrees West Origin: 49 degrees North False Easting: 400000 False Northing: 100000 Altitude reference - OSGB Vertical Datum mean sea level (Newlyn).
data_quality YES
resolution Horizontal : 1m Vertical: 0.1m Source scale of aerial photography - 1:10 000, near vertical, focal length 6".
attributes DEM values represent altitude, in metres, above OSGB vertical datum.
methods Digital photogrammetric techniques were used to derive the DEM. The input data was colour aerial photography, 1:10 000, scanned at 800dpi oin an AGfa flatbed scanner. Ground control was provided by a MidasII GPS.
other The DEM is a mosiac of three photogrammetric moels. The area of overlap between each DEM was minimized and the average value taken for each cell within the overlap. in SE of ground control data: 0.4m Planimetric accuracy of DEM: RMS 0.7m Height accuracy of DEM: RMS 1.25m The height accuracy quoted is that for check points, at ground level. The accuracy will vary across the forest canopy due to variability in the canopy surface and other shadowing effects, particularly in the proximity of rides, roads and breaks in the canopy.
copyright Copyright lies with: Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen and Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.
contact Dr David Miller Macaulay Land Use Research Institute Craigiebuckler Aberdeen AB15 8QH Tel: +44 1224 318611 x 2240 Fax: +44 1224 311556 Email: d.miller@macaulay.ac.uk