Image data compression and its effects on stereo height extraction processing

Stephen Maxwell Parkes, Mohamed Jamal Ahmed Zemerly, Jan Peter Muller

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Abstract

The effect of data compression on high-resolution optical images and on the digital elevation model (DEM) product that can be extracted from stereoscopic image pairs is examined. A stereoscopic pair of SPOT images was compressed and decompressed by three different data compression methods. The degradation in image quality was measured. The reconstructed image pairs were then processed by a stereo height extraction system and the corresponding DEMs produced. The DEMs from the original image pair and from the compressed/decompressed image pairs were all compared to a reference DEM, and the level of degradation in the DEM was assessed. The results were encouraging, with very little DEM degradation being induced for a 4:1 compression ratio.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationDigest - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Editors Anon
Pages1449-1452
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 1991
Event1991 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS'91 - Espoo, Finl
Duration: 3 Jun 19916 Jun 1991

Publication series

NameDigest - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume3

Conference

Conference1991 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS'91
CityEspoo, Finl
Period3/06/916/06/91

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