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Space based topographic mapping experiment using seasat synthetic aperture radar and landsat 3 return beam vidicon imagery
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Mader, G. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | A technique for producing topographic information is described which is based on same side/same time viewing using a dissimilar combination of radar imagery and photographic images. Common geographic areas viewed from similar space reference locations produce scene elevation displacements in opposite direction and proper use of this characteristic can yield the perspective information necessary for determination of base to height ratios. These base to height ratios can in turn be used to produce a topographic map. A test area covering the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania region was observed by synthetic aperture radar on the Seasat satellite and by return beam vidicon on by the LANDSAT - 3 satellite. The techniques developed for the scaling re-orientation and common registration of the two images are presented along with the topographic determination data. Topographic determination based exclusively on the images content is compared to the map information which is used as a performance calibration base. |
| File Size | 1388988 |
| Page Count | 38 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810021954 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6q001d4p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-07-20 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Return Beam Vidicons Seasat Satellites Topography Stereophotography Mapping Radar Imagery Landsat Satellites Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite-borne Photography Pennsylvania Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |