Global positioning system (GPS) controlled triangulation of single flight lines

Kurt Novak; Ayman Habib; Charles K. Toth

doi:10.1117/12.182791

17 August 1994 Global positioning system (GPS) controlled triangulation of single flight lines

Kurt Novak, Ayman Habib, Charles K. Toth

Proceedings Volume 2357, ISPRS Commission III Symposium: Spatial Information from Digital Photogrammetry and Computer Vision; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.182791
Event: Spatial Information from Digital Photogrammetry and Computer Vision: ISPRS Commission III Symposium, 1994, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Aerial triangulation controlled by GPS observations in the aircraft has been established as a precise method of photogrammetric point determination without the need of ground control. If the GPS observations are available for blocks of aerial photos, the aerial triangulation can be carried out without any ground control points. Unfortunately, this method cannot be applied for single flight lines, since the GPS observations do not recover the roll angle of the aircraft. Therefore, ground control is mandatory for GPS controlled strip triangulation. This paper investigates GPS controlled strip triangulation using known, linear features on the ground that are approximately parallel to the flight line. This described technique models the linear feature in the images by low order polynomials and forces the known line on the ground onto this function. Thus, the roll angle can be determined. We investigate the effects of different GPS measurement accuracies both in the air and on the ground on the results. Experiments using simulated and real data are presented. We also show that this new technique is useful for mapping railroads.

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Kurt Novak, Ayman Habib, and Charles K. Toth "Global positioning system (GPS) controlled triangulation of single flight lines", Proc. SPIE 2357, ISPRS Commission III Symposium: Spatial Information from Digital Photogrammetry and Computer Vision, (17 August 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.182791

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Global Positioning System

Cameras

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