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ANALYTICAL AERIAL TRIANGULATION FOR HIGHWAY LOCATION AND DESIGN

Accession Number:

00203509

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN USING ANALYTIC AEROTRIANGULATION FOR HIGHWAY MAPPING IS VERTICAL CONTROL EXTENSION FOR LARGE- SCALE PHOTOGRAPHS. A SIMPLIFIED BUT DETAILED MATHEMATICAL SOLUTION IS PRESENTED FOR AN ANALYTIC AEROTRIANGULATION PROCEDURE THAT IS EXACT TO WITHIN LIMITS THAT ARE NEGLIGIBLE IN THEIR EFFECT ON THE RESULTING ERRORS OBTAINED FROM USING ACTUAL LARGE-SCALE PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA. THE PROCEDURE IS OF THE CANTILEVER STRIP ASSEMBLY TYPE, WHERE RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ORIENTATION IS PERFORMED ON THE FIRST MODEL WITH THE REMAINING MODELS BEING RELATIVELY ORIENTED AND SCALED, SIMILAR TO THE ANALOG AEROTRIANGULATION PROCEDURE USED WITH THE ZEISS C-8 STEREOPLANIGRAPH. THE THEORY AND EQUATIONS DEVELOPED IN THE PAPER WERE INCORPORATED INTO A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND TESTED WITH HYPOTHETICAL DATA. THE PROCEDURE CAN BE USED IN PRODUCTION OR AS A RESEARCH TOOL TO STUDY AND EVALUATE CONTROL EXTENSION ERRORS CAUSED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHY, MEASUREMENT OF PHOTOGRAPH COORDINATES, GROUND CONTROL, OR ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES.

Supplemental Notes:

Paper sponsored by Committee on Photogrammetry and Aerial Surveys and presented at the 49th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01410258

Authors:

Karara, H M
Marks, G W

Pagination:

pp 1-2

Publication Date:

1970

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 319
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Uncontrolled Terms:

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Subject Areas:

Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 1 1971 12:00AM

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