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image rectification

n. The transformation of multiple images onto a common coordinate system

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Image rectification

Image rectification is a transformation process used to project two-or-more images onto a common image plane. This process has several degrees of freedom and there are many strategies for transforming images to the common plane.

  • It is used in computer stereo vision to simplify the problem of finding matching points between images (i.e. the correspondence problem).
  • It is used in geographic information systems to merge images taken from multiple perspectives into a common map coordinate system.