Digital mosaicking of underwater imagery: More important for underwater interpretation than aerial work, limited field of view obtainable forces analyst to merge multiple images to obtain overview

Sea Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Howland, Jonathan C ^a   Singh, Hanumant ^a   Marra, Martin ^b   Potter, Daniel ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Vexcel Corporation   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGERY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033462243     PISSN: 00933651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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