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City of Saint-John, Canada Historical Mosaics and Digital Elevation Models

Historical Mosaics And Digital Elevation Models For The City Of Saint John, Canada.

June 21, 2021
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The Historical Airphoto System (HAP) system offers an automatic approach consisting of three main processing steps (Data Ingest, Coarse Alignment and Fine Alignment). Ingested imagery are provided approximate positioning that is further improved through the collection of Ground Control Points and Tie Points.

Image of Saint John Case Study

Results:

Through the HAP automatic workflow, historical aerial images from 1967 (183 images) and 1982 (64 images) were processed into an ortho-mosaic and Digital Elevation Model. The deliverables attained a positional accuracy less than 5 meters in relation to the reference imagery.  

Methodology

The Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) system offers an automatic approach consisting of three main processing steps (Data Ingest, Coarse Alignment and Fine Alignment). Ingested imagery approximate scene centres are derived using available information, which is then further improved through the collection of Ground Control Points and Tie Points. 

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