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Table 3 Elevation precision of imagery derived post-earthquake DEM

From: Co-seismic landslide topographic analysis based on multi-temporal DEM—A case study of the Wenchuan earthquake

No.

Longitude(°)

Latitude(°)

GPS_Elevation(m)

DEM-Elevation(m)

Error(m)

1

103.89948

31.34582

1390.878

1393.403

-2.525

2

103.96341

31.22905

876.761

874.376

2.385

3

104.02967

31.34853

798.949

799.126

-0.177

4

103.99306

31.27809

738.503

737.37

1.133

5

103.9768

31.35489

1090.177

1090.542

-0.365

6

104.53361

31.87152

599.059

598.938

0.121

7

104.22619

32.03414

1104.028

1103.25

0.778

8

104.35132

31.95228

1470.297

1467.909

2.388

9

104.4132

31.8329

942.5816

940.137

2.4446

10

104.58483

31.82802

571.4206

572.47

-1.0494

11

104.52359

31.778

806.9447

805.641

1.3037

12

103.942

31.31536

942.3366

946.256

-3.9194

  1. The elevation mean error is calculated to be ±1.5 m.
  2. Previous DEM precision check tables show the mean error of the pre-earthquake DEM is ±4.1 m, and median error is ±3.6 m; the mean error of the post-earthquake DEM is ±1.5 m, and mean elevation error is ±1.2 m.