Positional information from single and multiple coverage multispectral scanner data

The restitution of single and multiple coverage multispectral scanner (MSS) digital data is considered. The term restitution is defined as the process by which the space coordinates of a given point are operated on to produce corresponding object space coordinates of the same point. Therefore, a good restitution technique accounts for errors due to tilt displacement, relief displacement, panoramic distortion, etc., so that the resulting object space coordinates plot as an orthographic projection. Attention is given to two dimensional restitution techniques, a statistical analysis of the two dimensional restitution results, three dimensional restitution techniques, an algorithm for the simulation of MSS data, and numerical results. It is concluded that the Gauss-Markov technique shows substantial promise for the restitution of single coverage aircraft MSS digital data.