Qualitative and quantitative comparisons of high resolution DEMs from two different VHR satellite sensors

With the launch of very high resolution (VHR) satellites such as the Cartosat-2S series, Cartosat-3, WorldView-series, Pleiades-Neo series in the recent past, high resolution digital surface models (DEMs) with ~1 m grid interval can be generated using high resolution stereo images using the approach of digital photogrammetry. These high resolution DEMs are very handy for applications in city modelling, change detection, disaster management, infrastructure planning and so on. In this study, high resolution DEM is generated at a grid interval of 1 m using Cartosat-2S across-track images (0.65 m resolution) and WorldView-3 in-track stereo images (0.31 m resolution) over a small region over Mumbai. Both the generated DEMs are compared with each other in qualitative and quantitative ways and their relative accuracies are evaluated towards accurate city modelling.