QUESTION LAB 2

1. First use 4 GCPs and rectify the uncorrected image. Make your RMS error is less than 1 pixel.
Compare coordinates of any 9 well defined and scattered points on the image (between
corrected and reference image) and note down the difference in reading between those points.
2. Add another 10 GCPs and run the rectification and once again note the readings between the
rectified and reference image.
3. Note the dataset you are using for ground truth. What kind of errors could be associated with
your approach to GCP acquisition/collection?
4. If you are using higher spatial resolution image (as compared to the image you used in this
lab), would the georefencing process be easier? Give your opinion.
5. 3. Note the dataset you are using for ground truth. What kind of errors could be
associated with your approach to GCP acquisition/collection?
6. If use landsat image, and dont locate at river, miss location and miss interpret.
7. All images taken from satellite contain distortion and error. This distortion was cause by
the perspective of the sensor optics; the motion of the scanning system; the motion of the
platform; the platform altitude, attitude and velocity change; the terrain relief and the
curvature and rotation of the earth.
8. There many type of distortion such as radial distortion, tangential distortion, step-wise
distortion, scale error, projection distortion, skew, along track scale error and scan line
scale error. Geometric correction is done in order to achieve as close as possible between
geometry representation of image and the real place on the earth. The first aspect that we
should consider while doing this practical is to achieve a low Root Mean Square (RMS)
error.
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If you are using higher spatial resolution image (as compared to the image

you used in this lab), would the geoferencing process be easier? Give your opinion.
13. Higher resolution using ikonos fit view.
14. Yes. Images with a pixel size covering a small area are called high resolution images
because it is possible to make out a high degree of detail in the image. Images with a
pixel size covering a large area are called low resolution images because the amount of
detail the images show is low.