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The subject of this chapter is spatial alignment. This is the conversion of local spatial positions to a common coordinate system and forms the first stage in the formation of a common representational format. To keep our discussion focused we shall limit ourselves to two-dimensional (x,y) image sensors. In this case the process of spatial alignment is more commonly referred to as image registration.

In many multi-sensor data fusion applications spatial alignment is the primary fusion algorithm. In Table 5.1 we list some of these applications together with the classification of the type of fusion algorithm involved.

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Mitchell, H.B. (2012). Spatial Alignment. In: Data Fusion: Concepts and Ideas. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27222-6_5

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