Title :
An advanced airborne multisensor imaging system for fast mapping and change detection applications
Author :
Xiuhong Sun ; Chen, Weijie ; Fischer, Robert L. ; Jones, Maxwell ; Eichholz, James C. ; Richards, J.E. ; Shu, Peng ; Jhabvala, Murzy ; Anh La ; Kahle, D. ; Adams, J.
Author_Institution :
Flight Landata, Inc., North Andover
Abstract :
The advanced airborne multisensor imaging system (AAMIS) has been developed for a light fixed wing aircraft. It integrates a suite of state-of-the-art electro-optical (EO), thermal, hyperspectral, and Lidar imaging instrument packages for simultaneous active ranging and passive imaging that covers the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum of the visible and near infrared range and the long-wave infrared range. AAMIS has been tested for today´s fast mapping and change detection needs. It demonstrates leading performance in providing comprehensive geometric and geophysical aerial image products with high spatial, spectral, radiometric, temporal and range resolutions. High resolution innovative data products collected by AAMIS sensors are presented. These include 3.5 cm resolution orthomosaics for a complete 15 km times 25 km large area coverage, 1 ft resolution hyperspectral images with contiguous 10 nm spectral resolution for the 410-820 nm range, 0.02 K resolution thermal images in a large 1 k by 1 k frame video format, and 20 cm range accuracy 3D Lidar mapping products.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; aircraft; infrared imaging; optical images; optical radar; photogrammetry; remote sensing by laser beam; sensor fusion; AAMIS; advanced airborne multisensor imaging system; change detection; electro-optical imaging; fast mapping; geophysical aerial image; hyperspectral imaging; lidar imaging; light fixed wing aircraft; orthomosaics; passive imaging; simultaneous active ranging; thermal imaging; Aircraft; Hyperspectral imaging; Hyperspectral sensors; Image resolution; Infrared imaging; Infrared spectra; Instruments; Laser radar; Optical imaging; Spatial resolution; Airborne Remote Sensing; Change Detection; Data Fusion; Electro-Optical (EO); GPS; Georeference; Hyperspectral; IMU; Imaging; Lidar; Mapping; Orthomosaic; Photogrammetry; Ranging; Sensor; Sensor Fusion; Thermal;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422866
