A worldwide SRTM terrain database suitable for aviation use

Schiefele, Jens; Launer, Marc; Pschierer, C.; Howland, D.; Dorrell, B.; A Fox, Mitchell

doi:10.1117/12.664898

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A worldwide SRTM terrain database suitable for aviation use

Published in Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE • May 5, 2006

Authors:

Jens Schiefele

Marc Launer

C. Pschierer

Abstract

In the past Jeppesen has built and distributed worldwide terrain models for several Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems (TAWS) avionics clients. The basis for this model is a 30 arc-second NOAA Globe dataset with higher resolution data used where available (primarily in the US). On a large scale h...

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Terrain

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

Raised-relief map

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