High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) – Multispectral 3D-Data Acquisition and Photogrammetric Data Processing

Abstract

The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) has been developed originally for the exploration of Mars in the context of the international space mission Mars96. Over the last years, an airborne version of this camera, the HRSC-A, was successfully applied in Earth observation during several aircraft campaigns. The results and products which have been derived from these experiments demonstrate its unique potential for a variety of applications, based on the high technological standard of the camera. Together with the high-end GPS/INS-sysstem of APPLANIX Corporation, which provides highly accurate position and pointing during the flight, image and 3D-products with relative accuracies of about 20-25 cm can be achieved from a flight altitude of 3,000 m. In combination with its photogrammetric software processing system, it is the world's first fully automated digital multispectral and high resolution image acquisition and 3D-processing system, ready for use in a new era of photogrammetry.