Digital Low-cost Remote Sensing with Pfiff, the Integrated Digital Remote Sensing System

Beside high end digital imaging systems which will replace standard photogrammetric cameras in the future, a large number of “lowcost” airborne systems were developed in the last years. The system PFIFF, a digital airborne remote sensing system developed by the author, is described in detail with special respect to demonstrate the photogrammetric potential of PFIFF. The demand for current digital data of “hot spots” for various purposes is strongly increasing. in the last years several digital airborne systems were developed in the research community and for commercial use to fulfil this demand. A categorization in terms of their main components and their generated products is given. The system PFIFF, a digital airborne remote sensing system, developed by the author, is described in detail with special respect to the demands and problems of high resolution urban surveys.