Quadruplet orientation of aerial photographs

Summary A new procedure of the relative orientation of pencils of light reconstructed from aerial photographs having 60% end and side overlaps is suggested. The basic unit for the procedure is a quadruplet of photographs forming a square. The geometrical characteristics of a block of photographs with 60% overlaps are exploited fully, and, the present author believes, that way an optimum relative orientation of all photographs within the block can be achieved.     

Relation between the extreme angular and areal distortion in cartographic representation

Summary The paper presents the method of deriving representations, optimal from the point of view of global characteristics, for areal and extreme angular distortion (3), (7), if one is optional and the other characteristic is minimized at the same time. If a special minimization method (Section 5) is used for computer processing, the problem can be solved in the region of representation equations in the form of polynomials of the 3rd or 5th degree, while assuming symmetry relative to the equator and the central meridian. Thus, the method enables both the fundamental global characteristics to be regulated freely. Their dependence is illustrated in graphs (Figs 2 and 6) depending on the selected examples of representations of the whole globe. The latter shows that method is a contribution for cartographic practice as well.     

A new approach to geodetic networks

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica - The linearized model of a geodetic network, expressed by the relationv=A h−I, does not generally satisfy the following conditions: Therefore, intermediary...