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ORTHORECTIFICATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Cartography
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
DEF

In photogrammetry, the process of removing geometric distortions in an image caused by sensor tilt and terrain relief, and projecting the resulting image onto a map projection system.

OBS

orthorectification: term and definition standardized by OTAN; term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Cartographie
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
DEF

En photogrammétrie, procédé qui consiste à supprimer de l'image toutes les déformations géométriques liées à l'inclinaison latérale du capteur et au relief du terrain et à projeter l'image obtenue dans un système de projection cartographique.

OBS

orthorectification : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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