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Standards for Digital Orthophotos
Contains preliminary pages and pages that briefly describe the various changes that have been made to the standard.
(5 p., 21KB, PDF)
12/1996 PDF Document
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Part 1: General,
Standards for Digital Orthophotos

Provides general information on definitions, objectives, product description, sources, file structure, and format for digital orthophotos.
(9 p., 33KB, PDF)
12/1996 PDF Document
Part 2: Specifications,
Standards for Digital Orthophotos

Defines the specifications for geographic extent, collection, processing, datums and coordinates, accuracy, ground sample distance, image radiometry, image mosaicking, data quality, header data, archiving, and distribution formats for digital orthophotos.
(37 p., 118KB, PDF)
12/1996 PDF Document

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