A 'Digital Elevation Model' (DEM) is used in GIS for:
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Only road network data
Terrain analysis: slope, watershed delineation, viewshed, flood mapping, earthwork volumes — derived from elevation grid
Attribute data tables only
Only underground utilities mapping
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B. Terrain analysis: slope, watershed delineation, viewshed, flood mapping, earthwork volumes — derived from elevation grid
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DEM: raster representation of terrain elevation (one elevation value per grid cell). Applications: (1) Slope and aspect maps; (2) Watershed delineation (flow direction, flow accumulation, stream network extraction); (3) Viewshed analysis; (4) Solar radiation modelling; (5) Volume calculation for earthworks; (6) Flood inundation mapping. Sources: SRTM (90/30m), ASTER (30m), LiDAR (< 1m), Cartosat DEM (30m).
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