SUPERIOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIC PRODUCTS USING DIRECT GEOREFERENCING, LIDAR DATA AND PRECISE TRANSFORMATIONS.

The current research presents the way to obtain direct georeferencing of photogrammetric imagery and to obtain rigorously georeferenced orthophoto plans without using ground control points. The direct georeferencing procedure is studied in Romania's atypical coordinate systems (planimetric system based on an ellipsoid different than GRS80 and a vertical system of normal elevations, different than the ellipsoidal elevations used in GNSS technology), but it can also be applied to other systems of coordinates. To generate superior photogrammetric products, an innovative orthorectification methodology based on LIDAR data acquired simultaneously with photogrammetric images is presented. LIDAR data is also acquired by a direct georeferencing procedure and transformed with high precision using an application designed for this purpose. Therefore, a much faster way to generate orthophoto plans is presented, with lower production costs, without a substantial loss of the positional quality of the final product. Finally, there is presented the first stereo restitution project in Romania using small size images, acquired with a UAV system by direct georeferencing. The focus on the atypical case of Romania underlines the innovative features of this research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]