This report develops a dynamic map projection especially suited of processing and displaying of satellite electro-optical remote sensing of the earth's surface. The new map projection (the Space Oblique Mercator) projects the satellite ground-track from the ellipsoid into the map plane, free of length distortion and free of normal view curvature distortion. The length and curvature distortions in the finite sensed region are negligible for most applications. The report details the formulation, provides numerical examples for the LANDSAT-1 multi-spectral scanner, and includes FORTRAN IV software as an appendix. (Author)
Formulation of a Space Oblique Mercator Map Projection
1978
130 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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