Robust rectification of aerial photographs in an open source environment

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-151

  Rocchini, Duccio ^a   Metz, Markus ^a,b   Frigeri, Alessandro ^c   Delucchi, Luca ^a   Marcantonio, Matteo ^a,d   Neteler, Markus ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c INAF   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Free open source software; Geometric correction; GRASS GIS; Orthorectification; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMETRIC CORRECTION; IMAGE RECTIFICATION; LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE METRICS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; ORTHO-RECTIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING DATA;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA HANDLING; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84855555159     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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