Figure 3: TIN interpolation vs raster diagram


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Figure 3: The TIN interpolation created a continuous digital topographic surface by connecting a triangulated network of lines between known points of elevation along contour lines while a raster interpolation creates a continuous digital topographic surface by placing a grid of regularly spaced points over contour lines.

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Contour lines digitized by Tank Ojha (The University of Arizona) and workers in Nepal.
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Walsh, L.S., 2009, Topographic signatures in the Himalaya: A geospatial survey of the interaction between tectonics and erosion in the Modi Khola valley, central Nepal [M.S. Thesis]: University of Maryland, 218 pages.