Glossary¶
Demcompare common words and shortened terms are detailed here.
To update, follow glossary sphinx documentation in RST source documentation.
- disp¶
The short version of “disparity”
- disparity¶
The column difference between a pixel in the left image and its homologous pixel in the right image.
- DEM¶
Digital Elevation Model. Usually means all elevation models in raster: DSM, DTM,…
- DSM¶
Digital Surface Model. Represents the earth’s surface and includes all objects on it. See Digital Elevation Model
- steps¶
In demcompare, it represents all functional steps in the DSM comparison pipeline.
- ROI¶
Region of Interest means a subpart of the DSM raster in demcompare. It can be defined by a file or a bounding box.