Gd. Thornhill et al., TOPOGRAPHY OF APOLLINARIS-PATERA AND MAADIM-VALLIS - AUTOMATED EXTRACTION OF DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS, J GEO R-PLA, 98(E12), 1993, pp. 23581-23587
We have used automatic extraction of digital elevation models (DEMs) f
rom stereo imagery of Mars to produce DEMs of parts of the Aeolis quad
rangle of Mars. The method uses automated stereo matching based on an
adaptive least squares correlation technique, which can be applied to
Viking Orbiter imagery. A demonstration of the technique is presented,
which focuses on the volcano Apollinaris Patera (186 degrees W, 9 deg
rees S), and the channel Ma'adim Vallis (183 degrees W, 20 degrees S).
The topographic information derived is compared with previous determi
nations of topography, and a brief discussion of the relationship of t
he topography to the processes that have acted in the area is given. D
EMs derived from stereomatching are an invaluable resource for terrain
interpretation, and will provide a complementary technique to direct
topographic measurements such as future missions to Mars will provide.