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:
 
CompMapVec RMS Heat Maps: