An ongoing challenge in high-resolution satellite image (HRSI) processing has beenthe establishment of accurate epipolar geometry over the entire HRSI image area, which is a pivotal step of any stereo-image processing, including 3D topographic mapping.
However, thepush broom camera which is used by most high-resolution satellites does not produce straight epipolar lines. Furthermore, in contrast to the well-known frame cameras, the epipolar curve pair does not exist for the entire stereo image area. Theseproperties make it difficult to establish the epipolar geometry of a push broom camera, resulting in a limited accuracy of the epipolar image resampling. In this study, a new method of epipolar curve pair determination and epipolar image resampling of space bornepush broom imagery, based on the popular RPC (Rational Polynomial Coefficients), is proposed
F. D. Javan, A. Fallah, H. Mohammadi. Epipolar Resampling of High Resolution Satellite Images Using Rational Polynomial Coefficients. JGST 2014; 3 (3) :27-40 URL: http://jgst.issge.ir/article-1-123-en.html