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TOWARDS GENERATING ACCURATE ORTHOIMAGES FOR URBAN AREAS

Journal of Engineering and Applied Science • 2009
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Authors M. I. ZAHRAN
Keywords Orthorectification, True Orthoimages, Digital Building Model
Journal Journal of Engineering and Applied Science
Publisher Cairo University
Volume 56
Issue 5
Pages Not Available
publication.type Local
Paper Link Not Available
Supplementary Materials Not Available
Abstract
This research addresses the problems of conventional orthoimages created from aerial imagery of urban areas, especially relief displacements, occlusions and information loss caused by man-made objects. An approach is presented to generate more accurate orthoimages based on elevation models that exactly describe the entire surface of the observed region. The approach utilizes the digital building model (DBM), in addition to the digital terrain model (DTM), in the orthorectification process. Occluded areas are identified and filled in the final orthoimage by merging data from conjugate images. The data used in the research consists of a small block of high resolution aerial images covering an urban area. The images are captured recently with the digital aerial camera UltraCam-D. The image pixel size is 9 m by 9 m yielding a nearly 10-cm ground sample distance. The approach is implemented by using Leica Photogrammetry Suite (LPS) 9.0 and a set of prototype MATLAB programs developed specially for this research. The results reached by applying the proposed approach on the test images have been promising. They have proven the validity of the approach in generating more proper orthoimages regarding geometric and visual characteristics.