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.