Hey Mastodon #science geeks, nerds, and boffins, I got a question.
I developing a way to generate a synthetic DEM. It is based on data, but not elevation data. It is tied to sparse elevation data.
It is definitely not "real" data, but it is not totally made up stuff either. Its semi-predictive.
So how would I describe this?
"Artists impression"?
"Artists impression based on sparse data"?
"Estimated rendering"?
"Pseudo-DEM"?
"Interpreted DEM"?
Any ideas? I don't want to oversell it.
Mike Malaska
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