Tool NameDirect Georeferencing of Airborne Photographs
Tool ID4
Library IDpj_georeference
Version1.0
Author(s)O.Conrad (c) 2012

Description

Direct georeferencing of aerial photographs uses extrinsic (position, altitude) and intrinsic (focal length, physical pixel size) camera parameters. Orthorectification routine supports additional data from a Digital Elevation Model (DEM).

References

Baumker, M. & Heimes, F.J. (2001): New Calibration and Computing Method for Direct Georeferencing of Image and Scanner Data Using the Position and Angular Data of an Hybrid Inertial Navigation System. OEEPE Workshop, Integrated Sensor Orientation, Hannover 2001. PDF


Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
Unreferenced Gridsgrid list, inputINPUT
Elevationgrid, input, optionalDEM
Target Systemgrid, input, optionalTARGET_TEMPLATEuse this grid's system for output grids
Output
Referenced Gridsgrid list, outputOUTPUT
Extentshapes, output, optionalEXTENT
Options
Defaultfloating point numberDEM_DEFAULTdefault value if no grid has been selectedDefault: 0.000000
Focal Length [mm]floating point numberCFLMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 80.000000
CCD Physical Pixel Size [micron]floating point numberPXSIZEMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 5.200000
Xfloating point numberXDefault: 0.000000
Yfloating point numberYDefault: 0.000000
Zfloating point numberZDefault: 1000.000000
Omegafloating point numberOMEGAX axis rotation angle [degree] (roll)Default: 0.000000
Phifloating point numberPHIY axis rotation angle [degree] (pitch)Default: 0.000000
Kappafloating point numberKAPPAZ axis rotation angle [degree] (heading)Default: 0.000000
Offsetfloating point numberKAPPA_OFForigin adjustment angle [degree] for kappa (Z axis, heading)Default: 90.000000
OrientationchoiceORIENTATIONAvailable Choices:
[0] BLUH
[1] PATB
Default: 0
Row OrderchoiceROW_ORDERAvailable Choices:
[0] top down
[1] bottom up
Default: 0
ResamplingchoiceRESAMPLINGAvailable Choices:
[0] Nearest Neighbour
[1] Bilinear
[2] Cubic 1
[3] Cubic 2
Default: 3
Data Typedata typeDATA_TYPEAvailable Choices:
[0] unsigned 1 byte integer
[1] signed 1 byte integer
[2] unsigned 2 byte integer
[3] signed 2 byte integer
[4] unsigned 4 byte integer
[5] signed 4 byte integer
[6] unsigned 8 byte integer
[7] signed 8 byte integer
[8] 4 byte floating point number
[9] 8 byte floating point number
[10] same as original
Default: 10
Target Grid SystemchoiceTARGET_DEFINITIONAvailable Choices:
[0] user defined
[1] grid or grid system
Default: 0
Cellsizefloating point numberTARGET_USER_SIZEMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.000000
Westfloating point numberTARGET_USER_XMINDefault: 0.000000
Eastfloating point numberTARGET_USER_XMAXDefault: 100.000000
Southfloating point numberTARGET_USER_YMINDefault: 0.000000
Northfloating point numberTARGET_USER_YMAXDefault: 100.000000
Columnsinteger numberTARGET_USER_COLSNumber of cells in East-West direction.Minimum: 1
Default: 101
Rowsinteger numberTARGET_USER_ROWSNumber of cells in North-South direction.Minimum: 1
Default: 101
RoundingbooleanTARGET_USER_FLATRound bounding coordinates to multiples of cell size. Ignored if cell size has decimal places.Default: 1
FitchoiceTARGET_USER_FITSAvailable Choices:
[0] nodes
[1] cells
Default: 0