Combined Calibration Method Based on Rational Function Model for the Chinese GF-1 Wide-Field-of-View Imagery

The internal geometric distortion of charge-coupled-device ( ccd ) chips degrades the internal geometric accuracy of satellite images. Even if a large number of ground control points (GCPs) are used for geometric correction, the satellite images cannot always be used for direct mapping. Because of the current lack of core parameters for building a rigorous geometric model, this paper proposes a combined interior-orientation calibration method based on the rational function model ( rfm ) for multiple GF-1 wide-field-of-view ( wfv ) images of the same general scene. A polynomial model of look angles in the image space is chosen to compensate for the systemic error of CCD chips. After calibration for sensors 1 to 4, the orientation accuracy is improved to 0.4 pixels. Moreover, the residual error figures show no obvious trend. Other GF-1 WFV images are calibrated using the obtained interior-orientation parameters, and the improvement in their orientation accuracy is demonstrated to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.