DIGITAL CORRELATION PRINCIPLES

TWO PRINCIPLES FOR DIGITAL CORRELATION ARE: ONE IS BASED ON REFERRING PHOTOGRAPHIC DENSITIES TO OBJECT POINTS IN AN OBJECT COORDINATE SYSTEM AND CAN BE USED IN CHANGE DETECTION IN THE OBJECT; THE OTHER IS BASED ON SCANNING THE STEREO MODEL IN EPIPOLAR PLANES AND CAN BE USED IN MAPPING APPLICATIONS. THE PRINCIPLES SIMPLIFY THE PROBLEM OF CORRELATION. A PROTOTYPE INCORPORATES THE PRINCIPLES.