Digital Terrain Mapping with STAR-1 SAR Data

Bryan J. Mercer; R. T. Lowry; Franz Leberl; G. Domik

Digital Terrain Mapping with STAR-1 SAR Data

Bryan J. Mercer, R. T. Lowry, Franz Leberl, G. Domik

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Abstract

The authors present a description and partial results of a program to assess the capability of deriving digital terrain mapping (DTM) products from STAR-1 data. STAR-1 is an airborne, digital synthetic aperture radar (SAR). A 500-km**2 area was flown over varied terrain, and the resultant stereo images were analyzed on an analytical plotter. The DTM thus derived was used to rectify the imagery. Contour polts and an ortho-photo-like radar image were derived at a scale of 1:50,000. An error analysis was performed indicating that RMS elevation errors of less that 30 m can be achieved in a production environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Remote Sensing : Today`s Solutations for Tomorrow`s Information Needs
Publisher	ESA Publications Division
Pages	645-650
Publication status	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Remote Sensing, Today's Solutions for Tomorrow's Information Needs.: IGARSS 1986 - Zürich, Switzerland Duration: 8 Sept 1986 → 11 Sept 1986

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Conference	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Remote Sensing, Today's Solutions for Tomorrow's Information Needs.
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zürich
Period	8/09/86 → 11/09/86

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Digital Terrain Mapping with STAR-1 SAR Data

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