摘要:DEM data is an important component of spatial database in GIS. The data volume is so huge that compression is necessary. Wavelet transform has many advantages and has become a trend in data compression. Considering the simplicity and high efficiency of the compression system, integer wavelet transform is applied to DEM and a simple coding algorithm with high efficiency is introduced. Experiments on a variety of DEM are carried out and some useful rules are presented at the end of this paper.