Section: Software
AutoDEM - A software to create digital terrains from scanned topographic maps
Participant : Joachim Pouderoux [ correspondant ] .
AutoDEM is a Geographical Information System (GIS) software for the creation of Digital Elevation Models (DEM) from scanned topographic maps. Through different data layers (map, contours, DEM, etc.), AutoDEM provides many tools for topographic map analysis, contour line extraction and reconstruction, DEM interpolation and analysis. Most of the worldwide file formats used in the GIS domain are supported, making AutoDEM a credible software in the GIS community.
AutoDEM development started in 2003. Since the first freeware public version released in August 2004, nearly 10.000 people visited the webpage and we counted about 2.800 downloads. Through an open forum and emails, we established the contact with architects, researchers and many amateurs. Figure 3 shows a screenshot of the software.
