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For regional coverage, use stereo photogrammetry from overlapping satellite or airborne imagery, or a radar-derived digital elevation model where suitable data exist. Match the same terrain features in images taken from different known viewing positions, infer their three-dimensional positions by triangulation, and georeference and grid the result. Satellite stereo or interferometric radar can cover $10^4\mathrm{k}{\mathrm{m}}^2$ efficiently; choose pixel size and vertical precision fine enough for the fault scarps of interest, rather than assuming every regional model resolves small scarps.

InSAR topographic mapping uses the phase difference from a known viewing baseline; repeat-pass deformation work must separate that height contribution from actual motion. Vegetation, cloud, radar shadow and steep slopes can leave gaps or represent the canopy rather than bare ground.^[ref] Ground control and independent elevation checks are needed before interpreting small relief as active faulting.

Recovery of object positions and shape from photographs with overlapping views. Known or estimated camera geometry and matched image features constrain three-dimensional point positions. A metric reconstruction requires scale and a coordinate reference; image pixel size is not automatically the positional accuracy of the reconstructed surface. Stereo photogrammetry and structure-from-motion photogrammetry use related geometry with different acquisition and camera-estimation strategies.