Abstract
Airborne 3D image which integrates GPS, attitude measurement unit (AMU), scanning laser rangefinder (SLR) and spectra scanner has been developed successfully. The spectral scanner and SLR use the same optical system which ensures laser point to match pixel seamlessly. The distinctive advantage of 3D image is that it can produce geo-referenced images and DSM (digital surface models) images without any ground control points (GCPs). It is no longer necessary to survey GCPs and with some softwares the data can be processed and produce digital surface models (DSM) and geo-referenced images in quasi-real-time, therefore the efficiency of 3D image is 10–100 times higher than that of traditional approaches. The processing procedure involves decomposing and checking the raw data, processing GPS data, calculating the positions of laser sample points, producing geo-referenced image, producing DSM and mosaicing strips.
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