Curtis L. Olson writes:
> Norman Vine writes:
> > David Megginson writes:
> > > 
> > > Norman Vine writes:
> > > 
> > >  > Have you tried preinserting some of the the higher res srtm1 data 
> > >  > to terra innide of and on the edges of the airport polygons ?
> > >  > 
> > >  > This shoud be quite accurate.
> > > 
> > > Maybe *too* accurate -- at the resolution, a 747 parked on the field
> > > will start to show up in the elevations, not to mention large hangars
> > > and the terminal buildings.
> > 
> > Whatever,  the point is try preinserting some points for the airports
> > I think you will be pleasantly surprised  :-)
> 
> I would worry that preinserting points would yield spikes whenever the
> FAA surveyed elevation differs from the SRTM data ... in otherwords
> imagine the SRTM surface with spikes whereever we place our
> "pre-inserted" points.

Agreed  this is why I suggested using the higher res SRTM data in the
vicinity of the airports

Cheers

Norman

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