Suitability of space_photographs taken with the MKF-6 
Multispectral Camera for mapping 
Joachim Krämer, Kombinat Geodäsie und Kartographie 
DDR-7022 Leipzig, Gohliser Str. 4 
Klaus Szangolies, Dresden University of Technology, 
Department of Surveying and Cartography 
DDR-8027 Dresden, Mommsenstr. 13 
1. Introduction 
Photographs taken of the earth's surface from satellites 
with flying heights of 200...400 km have for about 10 years 
been the subject of manifeld theoretical and practical studies 
in photogrammetry. If one succeeds in producing photographs 
with the required characteristics, a prerequisite will be 
fulfilled for accelerating the cartographic work on a 
world-wide basis and possibly also for reducing costs. 
Which are the characteristics to be satisfied by photogram- 
pictures of the earth's gurface taken from space? metric 
They concern especially 
- geometric accuracy according to the standards of photogram- 
metry 
high resolution 
- areal coverage with stereoscopic overlap 
production of the photographs in an acceptable period 
at acceptable costs 
Which are the advantages aimed at by the use of cosmic 
photogrammetric pictures? 
A stereopair covers a very large area compared with photo- 
graphs taken from aircraft. That is, less control points and 
orientation processes are required in the plotting machines 
for compilation. 
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