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Imagery

DEM

Orthorectified Imagery
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In contrast to conventional rectification techniques, orthorectification relies on

the digital elevation data, unless the terrain is flat. Various sources of elevation
data exist, such as the USGS DEM and a DEM automatically created from
stereo image pairs.

For different image data, different accuracy levels of DEMs are required to
limit the uncertainty-related errors within a controlled limit. While the near-
vertical viewing SPOT scene can use very coarse DEMs, images with large
incidence angles need better elevation data such as USGS level-1 DEMs. For
aerial photographs with a scale larger than 1:60000, elevation data accurate
to 1 meter is recommended. The 1-meter accuracy reflects the accuracy of
the Z coordinates in the DEM, not the DEM resolution or posting.