Registration and Combined Adjustment for the Laser Altimetry Data and High-Resolution Optical Stereo Images of the GF-7 Satellite

Autor: Jiyi Chen, Xinming Tang, Yucai Xue, Guoyuan Li, Xiaoqing Zhou, Liuru Hu, Shuaitai Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Remote Sensing, Vol 14, Iss 7, p 1666 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-4292
DOI: 10.3390/rs14071666
Popis: The GF-7 satellite is China’s first civil sub-meter resolution stereo mapping satellite, aiming at 1:10,000-scale mapping. To achieve this goal, apart from the stereo optical cameras that reach sub-meter resolution, the GF-7 satellite is equipped with a laser altimetry system capable of obtaining three-dimensional laser points (LPs) with high elevation accuracy. However, the combination of laser altimetry data and optical stereo images has not been thoroughly studied. In this paper, we exploit the images recorded by the highly integrated laser footprint cameras and propose a hierarchical phase correlation method based on a geographic pyramid for the registration of laser altimetry data and high-resolution optical stereo images, which lays a solid foundation for the following combined adjustment. Experiments show that the proposed registration method can automatically locate the LPs on high-resolution stereo images and meet the requirements of bundle adjustment. A series of bundle adjustment experiments were carried out, showing that laser altimetry data can significantly enhance the vertical accuracy of optical image stereo mapping and that elevation accuracy can reach roughly 1.0 m (RSME) without ground control points. Therefore, this study could be a good guide for global high-precision DSM acquisition with the GF-7 satellite.
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