The present disclosure pertains to a
system for determining a synthesized position of a vehicle. In some implementations, the
system receives information related to the vehicle's location, the height above the ground surface of the
terrain, and the vehicle's orientation from one or more first sensors; obtains a three dimensional topographical map of the
terrain based on the location of the vehicle; and receives imagery data from one or more second sensors. The
system determines a synthesized position of the vehicle relative to the
terrain on the three dimensional topographical map by correlating a first pixel in the imagery data to a first vertex in the map, wherein the correlation is based on (i) pixel calibration information, the pixel calibration information comprising an angular relationship between the first pixel and the first vertex, (ii) the vehicle's height, and (iii) the vehicle's orientation.