Airborne camera and spectrometer experiments and data evaluation

F. Frank Lehmann; T. Bucher; S. Pless; J. Wohlfeil; H. Hirschmüller

doi:10.1117/12.830722

7 October 2009 Airborne camera and spectrometer experiments and data evaluation

F. Frank Lehmann, T. Bucher, S. Pless, J. Wohlfeil, H. Hirschmüller

Proceedings Volume 7478, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology IX; 74781D (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830722
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

New stereo push broom camera systems have been developed at German Aerospace Centre (DLR). The new small multispectral systems (Multi Functional Camerahead - MFC, Advanced Multispectral Scanner - AMS) are light weight, compact and display three or five RGB stereo lines of 8000, 10 000 or 14 000 pixels, which are used for stereo processing and the generation of Digital Surface Models (DSM) and near True Orthoimage Mosaics (TOM). Simultaneous acquisition of different types of MFC-cameras for infrared and RGB data has been successfully tested. All spectral channels record the image data in full resolution, pan-sharpening is not necessary. Analogue to the line scanner data an automatic processing chain for UltraCamD and UltraCamX exists. The different systems have been flown for different types of applications; main fields of interest among others are environmental applications (flooding simulations, monitoring tasks, classification) and 3D-modelling (e.g. city mapping). From the DSM and TOM data Digital Terrain Models (DTM) and 3D city models are derived. Textures for the facades are taken from oblique orthoimages, which are created from the same input data as the TOM and the DOM. The resulting models are characterised by high geometric accuracy and the perfect fit of image data and DSM. The DLR is permanently developing and testing a wide range of sensor types and imaging platforms for terrestrial and space applications. The MFC-sensors have been flown in combination with laser systems and imaging spectrometers and special data fusion products have been developed. These products include hyperspectral orthoimages and 3D hyperspectral data.

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F. Frank Lehmann, T. Bucher, S. Pless, J. Wohlfeil, and H. Hirschmüller "Airborne camera and spectrometer experiments and data evaluation", Proc. SPIE 7478, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology IX, 74781D (7 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830722

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