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ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2026, V. 23, No. 5, pp. 121-135

Verification, updating and use of satellite seamless coverage in practical applications

A.I. Aleksanin 1, 2 , M.G. Aleksanina 1, 2 , S.M. Krasnopeev 3 , M.A. Morozov 1 , E.V. Fomin 1 
1 Institute of Automation and Control Processes FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
2 Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
3 Pacific Geographical Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
Accepted: 11.08.2026
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2026-23-5-121-135
Solving many practical problems related to monitoring the Earth’s surface using images obtained from various mobile platforms requires precise georeferencing of the images. A solution to this problem could be georeferencing images using a single well-verified seamless coverage. The seamless coverage of the entire country constructed by Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring on the basis of images from the Kanopus-V series of satellites is a solution to the problem. The coverage of the south of Primorsky Krai was verified based on reference points obtained with high-precision geodetic equipment. The average georeferencing accuracy was approximately 5 m, with maximum errors in forested, sparsely populated areas with significant elevation changes. A technology for updating the seamless coverage by automatically aligning images with images from Resurs-P satellites is proposed. This technology improves the spatial and brightness resolution of the coverage while maintaining the original georeferencing accuracy. Despite a time lag of several years between the combined images, mismatched survey seasons, and significant differences in spatial resolution, the resulting seamless coverage demonstrated a high potential for merging imagery from both Resurs-P satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles. A comparison of the seamless coverage with individual fragments of orthorectified georeferenced imagery from the Geoton-L1 instruments of the Resurs-P satellites and global coverage from Maxar Technologies Inc. is provided. The potential for subpixel georeferencing of Kanopus-V satellite images is explored to update the seamless coverage and improve its georeferencing accuracy.
Keywords: NC OMZ seamless satellite coverage, image georeferencing, Earth surface monitoring, UAV
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