CE 503 Lecture Topics Sequence

one entry per class session, [text section]

Introduction
sensors, platforms, imagery, processing, applications, [1,3.5-3.7,3.9-3.10]
Sensor Modeling
physically based: rigorous model, replacement model, non-physically based: generic polynomials, [notes]
Types of Sensor Models
frame, line or pushbroom, whiskbroom, panoramic, sar, lidar, active vs. passive, [3.5-3.7,3.9-3.10,11]
Digital Imaging
color models, histogram, histogram modification, sampling, aliasing, [6-6.2.1]
Digital Imaging
segmentation, edge detection, hough transform, filtering, [6.2.2,6.6.2,6.6.4.1-6.6.4.7]
8 Parameter Transformation
plane to plane perspective relation, simple rectification, [4.1.4,4.5.6] linear and nonlinear estimation
Geometric Resampling
interpolation, aggregation, nearest neighbor, bilinear, bicubic, [6.3]
Image Geometry
relief displacement, parallax, stereo, B/H, overlap, [2-2.7]
Optics
snell's law, ray tracing, magnification, scale, resolution, field of view, [3-3.2,3.4,4.3]
Radiometry
film, CCD (charge coupled device), exposure, f-number, d-log-e, reciprocity, responsivity, dynamic range, [3.3]
2D, 3D Coordinate Rotations
derivation, sequential rotations, euler angles, [4.4,A.4.2]
3D Rotations
parameterizations, roll, pitch, yaw, omega, phi, kappa, azimuth, elevation, quaternions, [a.4.2,E.2]
Collinearity Equations
derivation, object to image, image to object, linearization, estimation, [4.4-4.5.1]
Image Coordinate Refinement
lens distortion, atmospheric refraction, camera calibration, [5-5.2,3.7-3.8]
Stereo Compilation
topographic map compilation, manual terrain and feature extraction, cartography, GIS, [1.3,7.2.5-7.3,8-8.1,8.2.2,8.3-8.5]
Erdas Stereo Analyst Demo
demonstration of stereo environment for 3D data collection [notes]
Map Accuracy Assessment
map accuracy standards, error propagation, accuracy evaluation [8.5]
Applications of Collinearity
space resection, space intersection, [5.3,5.5]
Coordinate Systems
object space, image space, geographic, geocentric, topocentric, map projection, image, sensor, [notes, 2.4,4.2-4.3,A.7]
Visit to Local Photogrammety Service Company
look at commercial applications of photogrammetry related to land development, road construction, civil engineering
Exam I
midterm exam over the topics covered up to this time, CE 597-O students are not required to attend following this exam

Coplanarity Equation
conventional formulation, homogeneous coordinates, alternate formulation [4.5.3-4.5.4]
Block Adjustment
control points, auxilliary information, numerical aspects, analysis of results, error propagation, accuracy evaluation [5.8-5.12]
Orientation
inner orientation, relative orientation, absolute orientation [4.3-4.4,5.6-5.7,7.2.5]
Image Conversion for Stereo
normalization, epipolar resampling, preparing for anaglyph or other stereo display [2.8,7.3.2]
DEM, DTM, DSM
digital elevation models, grid, tin, contour, tin generation, constrained tin [8.2.1]
Orthorectification
conventional orthos, true orthos, practical production techniques and pitfalls [8.1.3-8.1.4,8.2.3]
Visualization
computer graphics, illumination, hidden surface removal, z-buffer, flat shading [notes]
Visualization
phong, gouraud shading, texture mapping, image based rendering [notes]
Visualization
ray tracing, radiosity, shadows, openGL, [notes]
Visualization
multiple still frames, 6 axis camera trajectory, animation [notes]
Auxilliary Sensors, GPS
pseudorange/navigation solution, [5.10]
Auxilliary Sensors, INS, Star Tracking
attitude determination from inertial measurements, stellar observations and reduction, [5.10]
Motion Imagery Sensor/Platform Models
efficient handling of large equation systems, sequential estimation, kalman filter, [notes]
Aerial Project Planning
flight planning, forward overlap, B/H, side overlap [2.7]
Matching and Correspondence
cross correlation, matched filtering for feature detection [6.5,6.6.4.8]
Orbit Modeling for Satellite Remote Sensing
orbit quantization, sun-synchronous, kepler elements, [4.6,F.2]
Image Fusion
high resolution pan-sharpening of lower resolution color imagery [notes]
IKONOS Stereo
photogrammetric exploitation of satellite stereo [notes]
Digital Image Compression
lossless, lossy, huffman, jpeg, mpeg [6.4]
Exam II
exam covers primarily second half of course
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