A digital elevation model or digital surface model is a 3D computer graphics representation of elevation data to represent terrain or overlaying objects, commonly of a planet, moon, or asteroid. A "gl
MOLA digital elevation model showing the two hemispheres of Mars. This image appeared on the cover of Science magazine in May 1999.
A global relief model, sometimes also denoted as global topography model or composite model, combines digital elevation model data over land with digital bathymetry model data over water-covered areas
Four different topography layers of the Earth2014 model. Clockwise from top left: (1) Earth's surface, (2) bedrock, (3) rock-equivalent topography, (4) bathymetry and ice surface