Title
Improving Geometric Performance for Imagery Captured by Non-Cartographic Optical Satellite: A Case Study of GF-1 WFV Imagery.
Abstract
Numerous countries have established their own Earth observing systems (EOSs) for global change research. Data acquisition efforts are generally only concerned with the completion of the mission regardless of the potential to expand into other areas, which reduces the application effectiveness of Earth observation data. This paper explores the cartographic possibility of images being not initially intended for surveying and mapping, and a novel method is proposed to improve the geometric performance. First, the rigorous sensor model (RSM) is recovered from the rational function model (RFM), and then the system errors of the non-cartographic satellite's imagery are compensated by using the conventional geometric calibration method based on RSM; finally, a new and improved RFM is generated. The advantage of the method over traditional ones is that it divides the errors into static errors and non-static errors for each image during the improvement process. Experiments using images collected with the Gaofen-1 (GF-1) wide-field view (WFV) camera demonstrate that the orientation accuracy of the proposed method is within 1 pixel for both calibration and validation images, and the obvious high-order system errors are eliminated. Moreover, a block adjustment test shows that the vertical accuracy is improved from 21 m to 11 m with four ground control points (GCPs) after compensation, which can fulfill requirements for 1:100,000 stereo mapping in mountainous areas. Generally, the proposed method can effectively improve the geometric potential for images captured by non-cartographic satellite.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/rs10060971
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
geometric performance,non-cartographic,satellite image,rigorous sensor model (RSM),rational function model (RFM),GF-1,wide-field view (WFV) camera
Remote sensing,Earth observation,Artificial intelligence,Computer vision,Satellite,Data acquisition,Pixel,Sensor model,Geology,Rational function,Calibration,Satellite image,Cartography
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
10
6
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
7
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kai Xu1174.45
Guo Zhang24911.45
Mingjun Deng3214.63
Qingjun Zhang44916.84
Deren Li562074.26