GEOMETRIC AND CARTOGRAPHIC ACCURACY OF ERTS-1 IMAGERY

The potential applications of the RBV and MSS images in cartographic mapping is limited by resolution rather than by geometric fidelity. A bulk RBV image from ERTS-1 should have sufficient geometric fidelity to meet the National Map Accuracy Standards for mapping at 1:500,000 scale. With four or more control points for distortion correction, a bulk MSS frame could also be processed to meet the NMAS requirement of 1:500,000-scale mapping. In digital processing, a relative positioning accuracy of plus minus 55m should be attainable for both RBV and MSS images. High-order polynomials were found to be very effective in modeling the total geometric distortions in both the RBV and MSS systems.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Photogrammetry

  105 North Virginia Avenue
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22046
• Authors:
  • WONG, K W
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 621-635
• Serial:
  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ISSN: 0099-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Digital computers; Geometric elements; Imagery; Mapping; Natural resources; Structural distortion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Multispectral imagery
• Old TRIS Terms: Digital systems; Distortion; Geometrics data
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097213
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM