Patent ID: 7725258

Claim:
A system for generating a map, comprising: a global positioning receiver; a vehicle in alignment with a target area; an elevation measurement unit, in communication with the vehicle; a global positioning antenna, in communication with the vehicle; an attitude measurement unit, in communication with the vehicle; an imaging sensor system, disposed to the vehicle, comprising: a rigid mount plate affixed to the vehicle; a first rigid mount unit affixed to the mount plate and having a first and second imaging sensor disposed within the first mount unit, wherein the first imaging and second imaging sensors each have a focal axis passing through an aperture in the first mount unit and the mount plate, wherein the first and second imaging sensors each generate a first array of pixels, wherein each array of pixels is at least two dimensional; a second rigid mount unit affixed to the mount plate and having a third imaging sensor disposed within the second mount unit; and a computer in communication with the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna, the attitude measurement unit, the first imaging sensor, and the second imaging sensor; correlating at least a portion of the image data from the first imaging sensor and the second imaging sensor to a portion of the target area based on input from one or more of: the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna and the attitude measurement unit.