Accuracy of Digital Terrain Model (DTM) generated from airborne laser scanning data depends on many factors, e.g. terrain structures, landcover, stability of photogrammetric flight, quality of navigation data, accuracy of calibration, size of laser footprint on terrain (height of flight and convergence of laser beam), density of captured points, method of raw ALS data filtering. In this work the accuracy determination of DTM generated for 20-kilometer part of valley of Widawa river was presented. This DTM was used in hydrodynamic modelling. Airborne laser scanning was carried out using prototypic ScaLARS scanner (developed in Institute of Navigation of Stuttgart University). INS and GPS signals were registered by Applanix POS/AV 510 system. Photogrammetric flight using AN-2 aeroplane was made from height of 550 m. Footprint of laser beam had on the terrain size of about 0.6 m. Calibration of system was carried out semi-automatically. In the reference of GPS measured control fields relative error was estimated on the level about 0.3 m (along and across the flight direction) and error of height was about 0.1 m. Research of accuracy determination of generated DTM was carried out based upon fields measurements using GPS and tacheometric techniques. The measurements were made for four representative fields of study area. Data filtering was carried out using own algorithms based upon robust estimation of moving polynomial surface to scanning data. Depending on the terrain landscape and landcover DTM accuracy was evaluated from value 0.17 m to 0.46 m.

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