CASMSAR: An Integrated Airborne SAR Mapping System

This article describes how synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mapping technology is the most effective remote sensing tool that offers all-weather, day and night operations in difficult areas. The article shows how China is a large country with diverse topography where many regions are persistently cloudy, rainy, and snow covered, which makes it difficult to collect useful optical images for mapping applications. SAR mapping is an indispensable remote sensing technology. An airborne system can be deployed rapidly which allows for flexible data collection. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop an airborne SAR mapping system for landscape mapping and emergency response. CASMAR, China’s first airborne SAR mapping system has been developed by the Chinese Academy of Surveying & Mapping CASM in collaboration with several other institutes in China. CASMSAR represents a significant achievement in mapping science and technology.

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• Authors:
  • Zhang, Jixian
  • Zhao, Zheng
  • Huang, Guoman
  • Lu, Zhong
• Publication Date: 2012-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1110-1114
• Serial:
  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
  • Volume: 78
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ISSN: 0099-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Emergency management; Mapping; Remote sensing; Technological innovations; Topography
• Identifier Terms: Synthetic aperture radar
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01457293
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 14 2012 5:07PM