Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for generating a geoid via three computation spaces and airborne-acquired gravity data
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Application No.: US14572297Application Date: 2014-12-16
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Publication No.: US09778360B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Robert Kingdon , Carl Sonnier , Detang Zhong
- Applicant: FUGRO EARTHDATA, INC.
- Applicant Address: NL Aa Leidschendam
- Assignee: FUGRO N.V.
- Current Assignee: FUGRO N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Aa Leidschendam
- Agency: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: G01S17/02
- IPC: G01S17/02 ; G01S17/89 ; G06T17/05 ; G01V7/06 ; G01V11/00

Abstract:
Airborne gravity measurements may be added to the collection of airborne LiDAR so that it may be used to produce a digital elevation model (DEM), which may be used along with gravity data to produce an improved geoid, which may be used to produce an improved DEM based on the improved orthometric heights. A computing device may be configured to receive airborne navigation, gravity and LiDAR data, generate position information based on the navigation data, generate gravity field information based on the gravity data and the position information, generate orthometric height information based on the LiDAR data and the position information, and generate a geoid based on the gravity field and orthometric height information. The computing device may also generate a geoid model based on the gravity field and an existing DEM, and generate the orthometric height information based on the LiDAR data, position information, and geoid model.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150226851A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A GEOID VIA THREE COMPUTATION SPACES AND AIRBORNE-ACQUIRED GRAVITY DATA Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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