“…Image stitching has been used in several fields over the past two decades, with several stitching techniques having been proposed for various applications. Wang and Wang, 3 Jiang et al, 4 Zhao et al, 5 and Lin et al 6 proposed stitching techniques for medical infrared images, distorted images, digital videography images, and middle wave infrared aerial images, respectively. Recently, stitching techniques have also been extensively developed for aerial images owing to the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicle equipment for applications, such as weather forecasting, 7,8 geographic mapping, 9,10 and agricultural monitoring.…”