Bias-corrected rational polynomial coefficients for high accuracy geo-positioning of QuickBird stereo imagery

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-226

  Tong, Xiaohua ^a   Liu, Shijie ^a   Weng, Qihao ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Geo positioning accuracy; QuickBird; Rational polynomial coefficient

Indexed keywords

AFFINE MODEL; BIAS CORRECTION; BUNDLE ADJUSTMENTS; ERROR SIGNAL; GEO-POSITIONING; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; GROUND POINT; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; HIGH-ORDER; LEAST SQUARES ADJUSTMENTS; ORIENTATION BIAS; PHYSICAL SENSORS; POSITIONING ACCURACY; QUICKBIRD; RATIONAL FUNCTION MODEL; RATIONAL POLYNOMIAL COEFFICIENTS; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SENSOR ORIENTATION; SHIFT-AND; STEREO IMAGE PAIRS; STEREO IMAGERY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; POLYNOMIALS; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS; ROCK MECHANICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ERROR CORRECTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CORRECTION; MODEL TEST; QUICKBIRD; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; STEREO IMAGE;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 77649180243     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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