Recent Progress in Digital Photogrammetric Stereo Cameras and Data Evaluation

Abstract

At the moment, fundamental changes in sensors, platforms, and applications are taking place. Commercial digital camera systems on airborne- and spaceborne platforms are becoming available. This paper describes current activities in sensor development and data processing. The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) has been involved in digital camera experiments for the last 15 years. An example is the satellite sensor MOMS-02, which was successfully flown on the space shuttle D2 mission and later on PRIRODA, a module of the Russian space station MIR. In the last two years the DLR Institute for Space Sensor Technology and Planetary Exploration has been involved in a commercial camera development of the LH-Systems digital three line stereo sensor ADS40. The institute also delivers digital image data from flight campaigns with the digital camera HRSC-A for stereo processing together with the French company ISTAR.