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Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review

The advent of very high resolution (VHR) optical satellites capable of producing stereo images led to a new era in extracting digital elevation model which commenced with the launch of IKONOS. The special specifications of VHR optical satellites besides, the significant economic profit stimulated ot...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Mazlan, Deilami, Kaveh
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Published: EuroJournals Publishing 2011
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spelling my.utm.299232022-01-31T08:41:44Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/29923/ Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review Hashim, Mazlan Deilami, Kaveh G Geography (General) The advent of very high resolution (VHR) optical satellites capable of producing stereo images led to a new era in extracting digital elevation model which commenced with the launch of IKONOS. The special specifications of VHR optical satellites besides, the significant economic profit stimulated other countries and companies to have their constellations such as EROS-A1 and EROS-B1 as the cooperation between Israel and ImageSat. QuickBird, WorldView-1 and WorldVew-2 were launched by DigitalGlobe. ALOS and GeoEye-1 were offered by Japan and GeoEye Respectively. In addition to aforementioned satellites, Indian and South Korea initiated their own constellation by launching CartoSat-1 and KOPOSAT-2 respectively.The availability of all so-called satellites make a huge market of stereo images for extracting of digital elevation model and other correspondent applications such as, producing orthorectifcatin images and updating maps. Therefore, there is a need for a comprehensive comparison for scientific and commercial clients to choose appropriate satellite images and methods of generating digital elevation model to obtain optimum results. This paper will thus give a review about the specifications of VHR optical satellites. Then it will discuss the automatic elaborating of digital elevation model. Finally an overview of studies and corresponding results is reported. EuroJournals Publishing 2011-02 Article PeerReviewed Hashim, Mazlan and Deilami, Kaveh (2011) Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review. European Journal of Scientific Research, 49 (4). pp. 542-554. ISSN 1450-216X https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79953906791&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&st1
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topic G Geography (General)
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Hashim, Mazlan
Deilami, Kaveh
Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review
description The advent of very high resolution (VHR) optical satellites capable of producing stereo images led to a new era in extracting digital elevation model which commenced with the launch of IKONOS. The special specifications of VHR optical satellites besides, the significant economic profit stimulated other countries and companies to have their constellations such as EROS-A1 and EROS-B1 as the cooperation between Israel and ImageSat. QuickBird, WorldView-1 and WorldVew-2 were launched by DigitalGlobe. ALOS and GeoEye-1 were offered by Japan and GeoEye Respectively. In addition to aforementioned satellites, Indian and South Korea initiated their own constellation by launching CartoSat-1 and KOPOSAT-2 respectively.The availability of all so-called satellites make a huge market of stereo images for extracting of digital elevation model and other correspondent applications such as, producing orthorectifcatin images and updating maps. Therefore, there is a need for a comprehensive comparison for scientific and commercial clients to choose appropriate satellite images and methods of generating digital elevation model to obtain optimum results. This paper will thus give a review about the specifications of VHR optical satellites. Then it will discuss the automatic elaborating of digital elevation model. Finally an overview of studies and corresponding results is reported.
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author Hashim, Mazlan
Deilami, Kaveh
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Deilami, Kaveh
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title Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review
title_short Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review
title_full Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review
title_fullStr Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review
title_full_unstemmed Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation: a review
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publisher EuroJournals Publishing
publishDate 2011
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/29923/
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