Components of a Digital Landscape (data + software)
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Digital Elevation Model DEM
•Spatial reference, topography
•Flow routing; all locations are dynamically linked via flow paths
Linked channel-node database
•Routed, attributed channel network; linked to, and at the same spatial grain as, the
DEM
Explicit Linkages
•Other data: Land cover, roads, soils, geology, climate, field surveys, ...
•Models: mass wasting, surface erosion, habitat intrinsic potential, wood recruitment, hydrology, ....
The digital landscape consists of interlinked data and software. A digital channel network is an integral component of a digital landscape.