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Exercise

As an exercise at this staage of the course, consider the advantages and disadvantages of the use of each of these different types of 3D models and also try to give examples of one or two applications these type of models could be used for.

Use the table below as a guide.

Advantages Disadvantage Application
DTM Simple ground model.
Ideal for basic ground modelling.
Only contain the ground height and does not hold any information on the height of features on the ground. Flood modelling
Highway engineering
General terrain visualisation
DSM
Contour
3D Block
3D Visualisation

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