PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING FROM SPOT IMAGERY

SPOT-1, launched on 22nd February, 1986, has provided the first opportunity to produce topographic maps from space on an operational basis. The use of SPOT imagery can be justified because of reduced costs and reduced lead times for map production. However SPOT imagery cannot be handled in the same way as conventional photography and it requires new procedures to be adopted, The two main reasons for this are the large area covered by each image and the dynamic form of sensing. The procedures discussed in this paper have been implemented in a working system for map compilation.     

PHOTO-INTERPRETATION AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING

The role of photo-interpretation in topographic map production is examined in an attempt to show how this phase of the work influences the total procedure. The advantages of a separate photo-interpretation phase are explained.     

ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING FROM SPOT IMAGERY

A previous paper (Gugan, 1987) described the geometric model used to find the exterior orientation of dynamic SPOT imagery. The present paper considers the results of measurement and interpretation tests performed on a number of stereomodels. The image quality is assessed in comparison with the original digital data. Level 1A stereomodels with different base height ratios, numbers of control points and with different control point accuracies are compared. Accuracies obtained with level 1P and 1B data are also reported. The information content of the imagery is assessed by feature plotting followed by comparison with the 1:50 000 and 1:100 000 scale maps of the area. The importance of high quality photographic imagery and operator experience are noted.     

SOME ASPECTS OF ORTHOPHOTO TECHNOLOGY

After a brief review of the history of the orthophoto mapping process and its methods, the paper describes the automatic production of orthophotographs in the BS-Stereomat. Technical details, especially of the electronics of the instrument, are given. The range of applications of an orthophoto is discussed, as well as the method's limitations.     

SOME ASPECTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN AIRBORNE SENSING

The paper discusses aspects of air photography and electronic processes which produce imagery by infra-red radiation and by radar waves. After preliminary comments on lenses, laboratory techniques and colour photography, the author indicates certain advantages in simultaneous photography using black and white, infra-red and colour films. Moreover, information is given on simultaneous photography by satellite and the paper terminates with a resume of methods that are used to obtain imagery by infra-red radiation and by radar.     

TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING WITH SPOT 1 DATA: A PRACTICAL APPROACH BY THE ORDNANCE SURVEY

The Overseas Surveys Directorate (OSD) of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (OS) has experimented with using SPOT I HRV data for topographic line mapping at 1:100 000 scale in the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR). Results of these tests indicate that sufficient accuracy to support 1:100 000 scale mapping with a 40 m contour interval is possible but that the compilation of detail is incomplete. More emphasis on field completion and verification is required than with traditional techniques to maintain a standard 1:100 000 scale mapping specification. Costs of mapping large areas can be significantly reduced but savings are yet to be made in providing ground control. OSD has acquired expertise and hardware in a new mapping process, not to replace traditional mapping systems but to complement them under appropriate conditions. OSD has developed sufficient confidence in the use of SPOT to commit itself to mapping approximately 25 000 square kilometres of north east Yemen Arab Republic.     

数字化测绘条件下的几个地形测量问题

作者根据近年来在数字化测绘实践与教学中的体会，就数字化测绘条件下地形测量对作业人员的技术要求、测绘成果的比例尺、价格等问题提出了自己的看法。     

SOME ASPECTS OF HEIGHT EXTRACTION FROM SPOT IMAGERY

Military systems are becoming far more demanding in their requirement for geographical information. Military Survey must be able to support these requirements and consequently undertake a continuous evaluation of new potential sources and exploitation systems. In considering SPOT data, both the improved spatial resolution and the three dimensional capability afforded by the system must be investigated. Military Survey, together with universities and industry, is conducting trials on the accuracy and detail obtainable from both film and digital data. This paper will consider the three dimensional geometric fidelity of SPOT data using three different systems. The first exploits the data as a stereopair of diapositives using an analytical plotter. The second is a hybrid system in that the stereoscopic digital data are loaded into an image processing workstation which projects a stereo-image onto a split screen. This is then treated as “hardcopy” and is interactively exploited by a conventional stereoscope. The third system is completely digital in that height extraction is undertaken within a digital environment incorporating autocorrelation routines. Overall system errors of 10 m to 12 m (σ) were recorded for each exploitation system. Digital elevation model accuracies varied depending upon terrain type and image contrast.     

SOME ASPECTS OF IMAGE QUALITY IN SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY

The author discusses factors which affect satellite imaging systems and in particular the qualities of the Metric Camera and Large Format Camera photography.     

对测绘个别名词术语英文对应词的商讨

提出了对测绘辞书中个别汉语名词术语所附英文词的修改意见或建议，与测绘界同行商讨。     

THE MAPPING OF NORTHERN GREENLAND

Approximately 110 sheets of orthophotomaps at a scale of 1:100000 covering all the ice, free area (300000 km²) of northern Greenland are to be produced by the Geodetic Institute of Denmark. Super-wide angle photography at a scale of 1:150 000 was acquired in 1978. Individual models are set up in a Wild B8S stereoplotter and, after carrying out aerial triangulation, a numerical method of absolute orientation is used. A digital ground model of the entire area is established in order to enable the interpolation of contour lines, for automatic plotting and to produce control data, for the orthophotoprojector. a Wild OR1. Methods of data handling and control, accuracies and typical errors are discussed.     

地形图符号库的设计

本文吸取了美国地图数据库软件INFORMAP Ⅲ、地理信息系统软件ARC/INFO等的符号库设计思想，给出了地形图符号的分类和定义，阐述了适合于微型计算机的装配式符号的构成及“表格驱动式”符号库设计的方法。为方便面状符号的绘制，引入了封闭线结点数数组法来描述多边形的数据结构，介绍了笔者设计的基于微机上的CARDS/Symbols符号库系统。实践表明，本文提出的原理和方法适用于一切工程制图的符号库设计。最后还指出了CG、CAD技术对地形图符号规范的新要求。     

关于发展我国高精度工业摄影测量的几个问题

本文在分析国内外工业摄影测量现状的基础上，总结高精度工业摄影测量的四项关键技术，并结合一些试验，对发展我国相应领域的工作提出了具体建议。     

THE CURRENT STATUS OF BATHYMETRIC MAPPING

A review article on world bathymetric mapping activity over the last quarter century from a Soviet perspective provides information about Soviet mapping programs of the deep sea and continental shelf. In addition, it addresses a number of methodological issues in bathymetric mapping which are attributed to the lag between advances in practical mapping activity and the development of cartographic theory—the selection of isobath intervals and appropriate scales for different sea floor features and intended map uses, and the proper use of layer tinting and other graphic techniques to depict variations in water depth without obscuring details of submarine topography. Translated from: Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta, seriya 7 [geologiya, geografiya], 1987, No. 2, pp. 62-71.     

DIGITAL MAPPING: SOME COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCES

Following the installation of the Wildmap digital mapping system, B.K.S. Surveys Ltd. has successfully completed a number of digital mapping projects in Europe, the Middle East and the United States. As a result of experience gained through meeting clients’requirements, carrying out market research and making in house developments the company has updated its original conceptual approach to digital mapping to meet current demands for a land information system. At present B.K.S. is involved in creating a database that is composed of utility, cadastral and topographical data designed for both graphical output and digital processing for resource planning.