XV Congress of the International Society for 
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 
Rio de Janeiro 1984 
    
    
   
  
   
  
  
    
      
      
Commission III 
PRESENTED PAPER 
ACCURACY PREDICTION 
FOR 
DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS 
POUL FREDERIKSEN 
OLE JACOBI 
KURT KUBIK 
Abstract 
This paper presents a test of a practical method for predicting the accu- 
racy of a digital elevation model (DEM). 
The test is based on profile sampling carried out photogrammetrically by 
participants of the ISPRS, Commission III, W.G.3. Three different types 
of landscapes are investigated. 
Giving a fixed sample spacing and the precision of the DEM-data points, 
the method yields an accuracy estimate for a DEM in the area considered. 
Poul Frederiksen and Ole Jacobi 
Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 
Kurt Kubik 
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark