Patent ID: 7518713

Claim:
A system comprising: an imaging device; a passive-optical range-finder to focus, on the imaging device, a magnified image of a target positioned in a focal plane of the passive-optical range-finder; and at least one sensor to generate information indicative of an azimuth and an elevation of an optical axis of the passive optical range-finder when the magnified image of the target is focused on the imaging device, wherein the system receives the information indicative of the azimuth and the elevation and information indicative of a target type and generates information indicative of an absolute geographic location for the target based on the target type, the information indicative of the azimuth and the elevation, and information output by the imaging device in connection with imaging the magnified image of the target is focused on the imaging device; wherein the system is configured to generate the information indicative of the absolute geographic location for the target based on a single imaging of the target.