The invention relates to an assisting
image matching method by means of airborne
lidar point cloud data. The assisting
image matching method by means of the airborne
lidar point cloud data includes the steps of obtaining a
reference image, searching image and the
cut out airborne
lidar point cloud data, abstracting a feature point from the
reference image as a point to be matched, generating regularized
digital surface model (DSM) information corresponding to an image overlapped region by means of the
lidar point cloud data, converting
point of sale (POS) data into elements of exterior orientation of the
reference image, working out object space coordinates of corresponding ground points of the feature point to be matched by means of the DMS information and the elements of exterior orientation of the reference image, reversely calculating object space coordinates of the corresponding ground points to the searching image, obtaining the initial position of a corresponding matching point of the searching image, and matching by means of the
correlation index to obtain a final matching result. The assisting
image matching method provides good object space restraint for image matching by means of the
lidar point cloud data, can effectively avoid complicated search strategies, achieves the purpose of the image matching and is high in matching success rate, short in consumed time and effective.