PARGE - Orthorectification for airborne scanner data

Web locations:

1. generic unformation about PARGE (all version) can be found on the ReSe PARGE Pages.
   
   
2. the latest release notes are available from ReSe Actuality.
   
   
3. a generic FAQ list can be found at ReSe PARGE FAQ.
   
   

Updating to the most recent release:

• download the most actual software binary (file 'parge4.sav') from the ReSe web site, unzip it, and place it in the 'parge/' directory, replacing the possibly older version there.
  
  

Support

Support for PARGE is available for licensed users with valid support contract only from:

If you encounter any bug in the program, please report it to the above adress.

Literature

An extensive PDF manual is provided with the software containing all detail information about the functionality.

Further algorithm details may be found in the following literature:

About PARGE:
Schläpfer D. and Richter R., 2002: Geo-atmospheric Processing of Airborne Imaging Spectrometry Data Part 1: Parametric Orthorectification. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(13):2609-2630.

On DEM influences:
Schläpfer D., Koetz B., Gruber S., and Morsdorf F., 2003: The influence of DEM characteristics on preprocessing of DAIS/ROSIS data in high altitude alpine terrain. 3rd Earsel workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy; Herrsching, Germany, pp. 132-139.

On offset calculation:
Schläpfer D., Schaepman M., and Itten K.I., 1998: PARGE: Parametric Geocoding Based on GCP-Calibrated Auxiliary Data. Descour, M.R. and Shen, S.S. (Eds.), Imaging Spectrometry IV, Vol. 3438, SPIE, San Diego, pp 334-344.

On flightpath reconstruction:
Schläpfer D., Meyer P., and Itten K.I., 1998: Parametric Geocoding of AVIRIS Data Using a Ground Control Point Derived Flightpath. Summaries of the Seventh JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop, published on www.makalu.jpl.nasa.gov, JPL, Pasadena (CA), pp 367-372.

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