The USGS and the NGA have collaborated on the development of a notably enhanced global elevation model named the GMTED2010 that replaces GTOPO30 as the elevation dataset of choice for global and conti
Raster altimetry component of SM 5 is based on vector file of contour lines from ZABAGED®. However, this product has not been updated contrary to ZABAGED® since 2007.
Using the 2013 OSMP lidar DEM and the newly created site DEMs, DEMs of difference (DODs) were calculated for each Site to show how the landscape has changed over a period of time (James et al. 2012).