Government and Municipalities of Québec

An accurate representation of the relief is essential for a large number of land management applications. Digital terrain models (DTM) and digital surface models (MNS) are simplified representations of ground altimetry. The MNT is a representation of the altitude of “bare ground” without...

The numerical canopy model (MNC) is a representation of the altitude of the canopy. This 3D representation of the arboreal vegetation corresponds to the 2015 2D canopy. If necessary, the MNC can be coupled with the [Numerical Surface Model (MNS)] (/city-of-montreal/numeric-surface-model) 2015 in...