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Method for determining the geographic coordinates of pixels in SAR images

US9927513B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE

Inventors

Benjamin Benninghofen · Riemerling, DE
Tamer Koban · Neustadt, DE
Christoph Stahl · Geisenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2010
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09B29/10
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for effecting the airborne determination of geographic coordinates of corresponding pixels from digital synthetic aperture radar images, where the SAR images are available in the form of slant range images and the recording position of the respective SAR image is known. The coordinates of the corresponding pixels in the SAR images and the corresponding range gates are used in each case to determine the distance between a corresponding resolution cell on the ground and the respective recording position of the respective SAR image. The determined distances and associated recording positions of the SAR images are used to determine the geographic coordinates of the corresponding pixels in the SAR images by employing a WGS84 ellipsoid.

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