Geomorphometry: Today and Tomorrow
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- Subject Areas
- Natural Resource Management, Ecohydrology, Spatial and Geographic Information Science
- Keywords
- geomorphometry, digital elevation models, digital terrain modeling
- Copyright
- © 2018 Wilson
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2018. Geomorphometry: Today and Tomorrow. PeerJ Preprints 6:e27197v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27197v1
Abstract
This paper summarizes the current state-of-the-art in geomorphometry and describes the innovations that are close at hand and will be required to push digital terrain modeling forward in the future. These innovations will draw on concepts and methods from computer science and the spatial sciences and require greater collaboration to produce “actionable” knowledge and outcomes. The key innovations include rediscovering and using what we already know, developing new digital terrain modeling methods, clarifying and strengthening the role of theory, developing high-fidelity DEMs, developing and embracing new visualization methods, adopting new computational approaches, and making better use of provenance, credibility, and application-content knowledge.
Author Comment
This paper was prepared for and presented as part of the 2018 Geomorphometry Symposium held in Boulder, Colorado in August, 2018.