Digital elevation extraction from multiple MTI data sets

Jeffrey A Mercier; Robert A Schowengerdt; James C Storey; Jody L. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.509761

7 January 2004 Digital elevation extraction from multiple MTI data sets

Jeffrey A Mercier, Robert A Schowengerdt, James C Storey, Jody L. Smith

Proceedings Volume 5159, Imaging Spectrometry IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.509761
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Digital Elevation Model (DEM) extraction process traditionally uses a stereo pair of aerial photographs that are sequentially captured using an airborne metric camera. Standard DEM extraction techniques have been naturally extended to utilize satellite imagery. However, the particular characteristics of satellite imaging can cause difficulties in the DEM extraction process. The ephemeris of the spacecraft during the collects, with respect to the ground test site, is the most important factor in the elevation extraction process. When the angle of separation between the stereo images is small, the extraction process typically produces measurements with low accuracy. A large angle of separation can cause an excessive number of erroneous points in the output DEM. There is also a possibility of having occluded areas in the images when drastic topographic variation is present, making it impossible to calculate elevation in the blind spots. The use of three or more images registered to the same ground area can potentially reduce these problems and improve the accuracy of the extracted DEM. The pointing capability of the Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI) allows for multiple collects of the same area to be taken from different perspectives. This functionality of MTI makes it a good candidate for the implementation of DEM extraction using multiple images for improved accuracy. This paper describes a project to evaluate this capability and the algorithms used to extract DEMs from multi-look MTI imagery.

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Jeffrey A Mercier, Robert A Schowengerdt, James C Storey, and Jody L. Smith "Digital elevation extraction from multiple MTI data sets", Proc. SPIE 5159, Imaging Spectrometry IX, (7 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.509761

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