Patent ID: 7127348

Claim:
A system for generating a map of a surface, comprising: a global position transmitter; a vehicle, disposed over the surface; an elevation measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; a global positioning antenna, secured to the vehicle; an attitude measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; an imaging array, secured to the vehicle, comprising: a housing; an aperture, disposed in the housing, having an intersection area therein; a first imaging sensor, coupled to the housing, having a first focal axis passing through the aperture within the intersection area, generating a first array of pixels, wherein the first array of pixels is at least two dimensional; and a second imaging sensor, coupled to the housing and offset from the first imaging sensor, having a second focal axis passing through the aperture and intersecting the first focal axis within the intersection area, generating a second array of pixels, wherein the second array of pixels is at least two dimensional; a computer, connected to the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna, the attitude measurement unit and first and second imaging sensors; correlating at least a portion of the image data from the first and second imaging sensors to a portion of the surface based on input from one or more of: the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna and the attitude measurement unit.