Revista Brasileira de Cartografia (Dec 2001)
MAPEAMENTO DE RUAS COM UM SISTEMA MÓVEL DE MAPEAMENTO DIGITAL
Abstract
Mobile mapping systems integrate sensors and methods to deliver an accurate spatial position of details on or near the topographic surface. This means an expensive hardware configuration where digital cameras, GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers, Inertial Navigation System platforms, wheel sensors, gyroscopes, laser rangers and others are linked together to produce georeferenced images and spatial coordinates of attributes. A sequence of terrestrial images is formed by consecutive digital images taken from bases that are moved forward along the main axis of a road. This happened after a pair of video cameras was mounted on the top of a vehicle to take frontal images of a street. Sensor orientation was provided directly by means of the GPS (positioning of the perspective centers) and phototriangulation (attitude). This article presents the concept and the major issues related to the mobile mapping technology. It also presents and discusses the first results produced by the application of a moving prototype, currently under development, in a 1:2000 street map project. Statistic tests show that the map accuracy succeeded and the standard error is 1.0 mm in map scale.