Three - Dimensional Image Generation from an Aerial Photograph.
Abstract
This thesis concerns developing a program that takes an aerial photograph, and a set of Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) that is defined over the area of the photograph, and generates a synthesized view that represents what a camera would see from a different location. The elevation data points are grouped into triangular panels that are projected to the reference image by three dimensional transformation equations. Shading for the synthesized image is determined from the reference image. The pixels of the reference image that fall within a triangular panel are collected and averaged. When a new observer location is selected, the panels are projected to the new synthesized image plane. A z-buffer approach and a polygon fill algorithm were used to remove hidden surfaces of the synthesized view. This program is tested on both artificial and real data. Other characteristics and performance measurements of the program are also analyzed here. The quality of the synthesized image from real data was affected by the low resolution of the terrain elevation data, and yielded less desirable results then could be expected of a high resolution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA188039
Entities
People
- Leland G. Coleman
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School