LANDSAT MSS Coordinate Transformations,

Abstract

A number of image analysis tasks require the registration of a surface model with an image. In the case of satellite images, the surface model may be a map or digital terrain model in the form of surface elevations on a grid of points. An affine transformation is developed between coordinates of Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS) images produced by the LANDSAT satellites, and coordinates of a system lying in a plane tangent to the earth's surface near the sub-satellite (Nadir) point.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA055098

Entities

People

  • Berthold K. P. Horn
  • Robert J. Woodham

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Digital Images
  • Distortion
  • Grids
  • Horizon Scanners
  • Image Processing
  • Image Registration
  • Models
  • Spacecraft
  • Terrain Models
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space