Ortho-rectification of QuickBird satellite: very high resolution satellite data is now being used for applications traditionally covered by aerial photography. Most of these applications require that the data extracted from the satellite imagery be accurately located on a map; Therefore the geometrical processing of the imagery becomes a key issue. From: GEO: connexion | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Volpe, Fabio | COPYRIGHT 2005 Adams Business Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This article discusses the options available for the ortho-rectification of QuickBird data, and gives results of tests of accuracy achievable starting from different data products, using Rational Polynomial Coefficients.

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