Elevation Models for Reproducible Evaluation of Terrain Representation – Archetypal Landforms

This is a set of elevation models of archetypal landforms: 

• volcanic caldera (Crater Lake, Oregon, USA),
• active sand dunes (Great Sand Dunes, Colorado, USA),
• a braided riverbed (Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA),
• folded ridges (Massanutten Mountain, Virginia, USA),
• stabilized sand dunes (Sandhills, Nebraska, USA),
• crater of a shield volcano (Kilauea, Hawaii, USA),
• karst plateau (Kočevje Rog, Slovenia),
• narrow rock formations, aka hoodoos (Bryce Canyon, USA)

All elevation models were derived from NED LiDAR sources with cell sizes ranging from 1 to 10 meters. The size of the models varies between approximately 4,000 × 4,000 and 5,500 × 5,500 height samples. The elevation models are available in georeferenced GeoTIFF and Esri ASCII file formats.

Version 2 adds models of Kilauea, Hawaii, USA, Kočevje Rog, Slovenia, and Bryce Canyon, USA.

When using these elevation models in an academic publication, please cite the following article, which describes the process and rationale for compiling these models:

Kennelly, P. J., Patterson, T., Jenny, B., Huffman, D. P., Marston, B. E., Bell, S. and Tait, A. M. (2021). Elevation models for reproducible evaluation of terrain representation. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 48:1, 63–77. DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2020.1830856