A Comparison of the Performance of Bias-Corrected RSMs and RFMs for the Geo-Positioning of High-Resolution Satellite Stereo Imagery

Remote Sensing

Zhonghua Hong¹  Xiaohua Tong²  Shijie Liu²  Peng Chen²  Huan Xie²  Yanmin Jin²  Gonzalo Pajares Martinsanz³  Richard Müller³ 

[1] College of Information Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Hu-Chenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China;College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China;;College of Information Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Hu-Chenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China

关键词: bias-correction;    RSM;    RFM;    geo-positioning;    high-resolution satellite imagery;    accuracy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rs71215855

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

High-resolution stereo satellite imagery is widely used in environmental monitoring, topographic mapping, and urban three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction. However, a critical issue in these applications using high-resolution stereo satellite imagery is to improve the accuracy of point geo-positioning. This paper presents a framework for comparison of the performance of the three-dimensional (3D) geo-positioning of the bias-corrected Rigorous Sensor Models (RSMs) and rational function models (RFMs) with respect to the high-resolution QuickBird stereo images in three spaces (i.e., orbital space, image space and object space). The compared models include a bias-corrected RSM in the orbital space, a bias-corrected RSM and RFM in the image space, and a bias-corrected RSM and RFM in the object space. In the comparison, the RSMs and RFMs use the vendor-provided orbit data and Rational Polynomial Coefficients (RPCs), respectively. The experimental results indicated that, (1) these five bias-corrected models can provide a sub-pixel geo-positioning accuracy. With the zero-order polynomial correction model in the orbital space and a minimum of three Ground Control Points (GCPs), the accuracy based on RPCs better than 0.8 m in horizontal direction and 1.3 m in vertical direction. With an increase in the number of GCPs, or in the order of correction models, the regenerated orbital parameters achieve a slight improved positioning accuracy of 0.5 m in horizontal direction and 0.8 m in vertical direction with 25 GCPs, which indicates that the low-order correction model in the orbital space can accurately model the effects of ephemeris and attitude errors; (2) the performances of bias-corrected RSM and RFM in image space are rather similar. However, the bias-corrected RSM and RFM in image space achieve a better accuracy than the bias-corrected RSM and RFM in object space, with the same configuration of GCPs.

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