Test 11G

Truth topography: flat-topped cone with 20deg slope.

Image suite: One 5cm resolution image for each Sun&S/C combination:

Sun at 45deg, 0, -45deg;

S/C at every 30deg Azimuth, 45deg Zenith.

Model bigmap parameters: GSD = 5cm, Q = 49 (width=4.9m).

Results

Note: Image auto-alignment conducted after iteration 30 and 50.

Iteration	CompareOBJ-RMS(cm)	CompareOBJ-RMS with Opt Trans &Rot (cm)	CompMapVec-RMS(cm)	Notes
1	90.82	5.61	95.43	manual image-alignment
2	18.41	5.01	15.97
3	17.25	4.65	14.59
4	16.42	4.38	13.49
5	15.79	4.15	12.53
6	15.24	3.94	11.61
7	14.84	3.74	10.73
8	14.56	3.56	10.02
9	14.27	3.40	9.25
10	14.05	3.25	8.68
11	13.90	3.14	8.42
12	13.74	3.04	7.97
13	13.58	2.94	7.63
14	13.51	2.86	7.47
15	13.44	2.77	7.31
16	13.40	2.69	7.15
17	13.31	2.62	6.94
18	13.26	2.53	6.74
19	13.20	2.44	6.59
20	13.16	2.36	6.34
30	12.62	1.67	3.78
31	12.35	1.58	3.20	images auto-aligned
40	12.44	1.16	2.85
50	12.51	0.99	2.09
51	12.43	0.97	1.67	images auto-aligned
60	12.29	0.89	0.65
70	12.27	0.86	0.56
80	12.35	0.82	0.38
90	12.52	0.88	0.07
100	12.52	0.83	0.16

Center Traces:

Note: Image auto-alignment conducted after iteration 30 and 50.

Traces Running North-South

Traces Running West-East

Landmark Display after 1 iteration:

Landmark Display after 10 iterations:

Landmark Display after 50 iterations:

Landmark Display after 100 iterations:

CompMapVecRMS Heat Maps: