RESEARCH ON THE PROCESSING OF SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY BY DIGITAL TECHNIQUES

Abstract

A three part study of the application of digital techniques to the processing of TIROS I Weather Satellite images is reported. Aspects of the study include: (1) development of a digital method to rectify TIROS images to a Mercator projection; (2) incorporation of latitude nd longitude grid lines on the rectified images; and (3) an automatic digital method to assemble overlapping images into a single mosaic. A description of how images were converted to digital data is presented. The philosophies of the computer programs are discussed. Quality, accuracy, and processing time requirements are analyzed. Sample results are shown. Equipment configurations suitable for operational generation of digital data, and reproduction of images from digital data are considered. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1962
Accession Number
AD0282612

Entities

People

  • R.e. Mach

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Data
  • Grids
  • Images
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Optical Equipment
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographic Recording Media
  • Photography
  • Satellite Photography

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Geodesy
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space