Tracking landslide evolution over decades: application of aerial digital photogrammetry to the Oudenaarde area (W Belgium)

peer reviewedIn order to include some kinematic information within landslide hazard prediction models, we estimated landslide motion in the medium term (i.e. a few decades) by comparing precise landslide topography reconstructions at different dates. Precise multitemporal 3D data of the 13 old deep-seated landslides developed on two hills close to the town of Oudenaarde (W Belgium) were obtained by digital stereophotogrammetry using aerial photographs of three different periods (1996, 1973 and 1952). From these data, six DTMs (3 different dates for each investigated hill) were produced with an overall RMS error of ~50 cm. The obtained DTMs were subtracted from each other in order to determine the vertical displacement of each pixel during the considered time interval. Globally, movements are observed in all the landslides and they generally correspond to a rotational pattern