Ortho-imaging and RTP Model Panning Considerations for Airborne and Spaceborne Linear Array Imagery

For spaceborne and airborne linear array imagery, there are computational protocols for ortho-image generation, with different variations for visualisation projects (input-driven computation) and conventional mapping (output driven computation), and the latter may include the use of anchor-points in the image to ease the computational load. Similarly, there are algorithms for real-time model panning, with options that mitigate limitations imposed by computational circumstances, and this would include the use of Rational Polynomial Coefficients (RPCs). A good geometric camera model is needed to support production lines that utilise linear array imagery and the derivations are presented in detail, followed by the algorithms for ortho-imaging and real time model panning.