TRANSFORMATION ET AJUSTEMENT DES COORDONNEES D’UNE BANDE PAR CALCUL ELECTRONIQUE
Strip triangulation is carried out for the purpose of increasing by photogrammetric means the number of available ground control points. The triangulation must be followed by a transformation which brings the points from the strip-coordinate system to the required geodetic system. The transformation includes an adjustment when redundant points are used to increase the accuracy of the positioning and when systematic errors must be corrected for in the strip triangulation. Numerical methods of transformation and adjustment have an inherently greater accuracy. If electronic computers are used, they are also more economical than comparable graphical or mechanical methods. The following programs have been coded for the IBM-650 by the Photogrammetric Section of the National Research Council of Canada: (a) a program for three-dimensional linear conformai transformation, employing formulas (1a) and (1b), (b) a program for two-dimensional conformai transformation of horizontal coordinates, employing either the linear formulas (8) or the formulas of the second degree (10), (c) a program for two-dimensional conformai transformation of the third degree with the possibility of conversion to the fourth and fifth degree, (d) a program for transformation of horizontal coordinates of a block of overlapping strips by second-degree conformai transformations, and (e) a program for the last-mentioned transformation by third-degree conformai transformations. These programs and operating instructions can be made available for serious applicants from the National Research Council.