TestF3F Photometric Function Sensitivity Test Results
Definitions
CompareOBJ RMS: |
The root mean square of the distance from each bigmap pixel/line location to the nearest facet of the truth OBJ. |
Key Findings
Results and Discussion
CompareOBJ RMS
Three CompareOBJ RMS values for the final 5cm resolution 20m x 20m evaluation bigmap are presented for each subtest and each S/C position and camera pointing uncertainty:
- The largest CompareOBJ RMS (approx. 65cm across subtests) is obtained by running CompareOBJ on the untranslated and unrotated evaluation model.
- The second smallest CompareOBJ RMS (approx. 15cm across subtests) is obtained by running CompareOBJ with its optimal translation and rotation option.
- The smallest CompareOBJ RMS (approx. 9cm across subtests) is obtained by manually translating the evaluation model and searching for a local CompareOBJ RMS minimum.
The CompareOBJ optimal translation routine is not optimized for the evaluation model scale (5cm pix/line resolution). Manual translations of the bigmap were therefore conducted in an attempt to find a minimum CompareOBJ RMS. The manually translated evaluation models gave the smallest CompareOBJ RMSs.
Normalized Cross Correlation Scores
The evaluation maps were compared with a truth map via a cross-correlation routine which derives a correlation score. As a guide the following scores show perfect and excellent correlations:
- A map cross-correlated with itself will give a correlation score of approx. 1.0;
- Different sized maps sampled from the same truth (for example a 1,100 x 1,100 5cm sample map and a 1,000 x 1,000 5cm sample map) give a correlation score of approx. 0.8.