Tag: rectification

An orthophoto (also known as a orthophotograph) is an aerial image that has been geometrically corrected (ortho rectified) so that the image is uniform from edge to edge. Orthophotos are corrected to remove terrain effects (what happens when you take a 3-D surface and make it into a 2-D product) and distortions that result from the camera’s lens and the angle the photo was taken from the plane. The goal of ortho rectification is to create an image where distance …