Three Dimensional Measurement by LANDASAT-4 MSS Stereo Image

Abstract

In an attempt to explore the applicability of satellite imaging data to cartography for an area without GOP's, 3 dimensional analysis is made on an overlapped area of Landsat-4 MSS data of Japan. The analysis based on the computation of the three dimensional location of 53 well identifiable test points indicates the following features. Mean error in 3 components of elevation, pixel and line coordinate system are: +609 m, -125 m (westward) and -2295m (southward) respectively and that standard deviation of the errors corresponding to each item are 409 m, 45 m and 44 m respectively. It is comfirmed that extremely high order of accurate informations are required on the orbit and attitude of the space craft for a cartographic application of satellite stereo imageries in an area where ground control points are not available.