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Geomorphometry 2009 will
be held at the University of Zurich, in period 29 August
- 2 September 2009. The conference
aims to attract leading researchers in geomorphometry
presenting methodological advances in the field and to
provide young researchers with an opportunity to present
new results. The abstract submission has now
closed. We have received cca. 50 abstracts that will be reviewed
by the members of the scientific committee (EasyChair
system). A number of abstracts will be invited for
an oral presentation. After the conference, all contributing
authors will be invited to submit their articles for a publication
in the special issue Hydrology
and Earth System Sciences Journal. A detailed programme of
the conference is under preparation. Early registrations are
now open. Please consider also registering for one of the three
parallel two-day workshops...read
more

Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis. It draws upon mathematical, statistical, and image-processing techniques to quantify the shape of earth's topography at various spatial scales. The focus of geomorphometry is calculation of surface-form measures (land-surface parameters) and features (objects), which may be used to improve the mapping and modelling of landforms, soils, vegetation, land use, natural hazards, and other information. With today's rapid growth in sources for mass-produced surface heights (digital elevation models, or DEMs), such as the Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission and laser ranging (LiDAR) technology, geomorphometric methods are becoming increasingly attractive to many disciplines. The operational
focus of geomorphometry is the extraction of land-surface parameters
and objects from digital elevation
models (DEMs). In the most simple terms, geomorphometry is everything you can extract from DEMs! ...read more
Interested
in generating DEMs and running various analyses on DEMs
using open source software? You should try the R
+ SAGA/ILWIS + Google Earth combination.
R is the open source version of the S language for statistical
computing, SAGA and ILWIS are open-source
GIS packages with extensive spatial analysis capabilities
and with many built-in DEM analysis functions (both can
be controlled from R). Google Earth is the powerful browser
for geographical data ...read
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