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Commission I Invited paper 59
MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, 12th SEPTEMBER, 1960
In the Chair: Mr F. L. CORTEN
Survey Navigation and Determination of Camera
Orientation Elements
by F. L. CORTEN
LT.C., Delft.
Dedicated to the centenary of aerial survey
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Introduction
Purely navigational methods
1.1. Dead reckoning navigation
1.2. Contact navigation or visual navigation according to line-of-sight (incl. the use
of some special flight instruments)
1.3. Overlap regulation and bloc photography
Navigation and orientation methods determining planimetric position
2.1. Shoran and Hiran radar
2.2. Decca navigator
2.3. Doppler radar
2.4. Aerodist
Navigation and orientation methods determining flying height, relative flying heights
and terrain elevations
3.1. Barometric altimetry
3.2. Statoscope altimetry
3.3. Radar altimetry
Navigation and orientation methods determining the angular orientation
4.1. Fore and aft photography
4.2. Solar periscope
4.3. Horizon photography
4.4. Vertical gyro
Navigation and orientation methods determining complete spatial position and
attitude
5.1. Star tracking
5.2. Inertial navigation, incl. inertial vertical
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Conclusions
Reference literature list
Introduction.
The development of aerial survey navigation over its 100 year period can be visual-
ized by two pictures: the first aerial photograph taken of Paris by Tournachon in 1859
and the first spatial photograph taken by Lunik III in 1959 (figures 1 and 2).
Tournachon did not apply any navigation method, the Lunik photography was guided
by automatic self-contained navigation, exposure control, scanning and radio transmis-
sion of the photograph.
This report deals with the situation of survey navigation to-day with special attention
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