A GIS-Based Optical Viewshed Optimization Algorithm

Traditional viewshed analyses distinguish between those areas which can be seen from a given observation point and those which cannot be seen. Given a surface digital elevation model (DEM) and observer properties (location and height), the algorithm computes whether or not each target cell is withi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turko, Benjamin
Other Authors: Geography
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43209
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06122007-173630/