what is a dem in arcmap?
<answer> DEM is digital elevation model in ArcMap. <context> GLOBE [http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globe.html] is also a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a 1 kilometer resolution. This project was headed by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. File Format: Binary Raster File *.dem Importing into ArcMap 1. In Windows Explorer navigate to the directory which contains the dataset (.dem) file