Outstanding results from one year's activities of the ESA Metric Camera Working Group

Results of the Spacelab Metric Camera experiment on STS-9 in photogrammetry: (precision, triangulations, point identification and mapping, orthophotos); thematic interpretations; and geological interpretation are summarized. Performance is fairly satisfactory in topographic mapping and in geological and thematic applications, with shortcomings in features identification, mainly due to poor lighting conditions and absence of image motion compensation. The metric accuracy of the images is very good, and in several cases better than expected.