Geometric Correction of Satellite Imagery.

Abstract

Imagery from Landsat and other remote sensing satellites suffers geometric distortion which requires correction. This report describes how ground control points can be used to determine the transformation between image coordinates and some known projection. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1979
Accession Number
ADA084930

Entities

People

  • J. M. Williams

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Digital Image Processing
  • Digital Images
  • Image Processing
  • Images
  • Intensity
  • Least Squares Method
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Map Projection
  • Numbers
  • Photographic Images
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Space