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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B2-2026-593-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>CARS: A Photogrammetric Pipeline for Global 3D Reconstruction using Satellite Imagery</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Youssefi</surname>
<given-names>David</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2783-7814</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bellet</surname>
<given-names>Valentine</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3679-3631</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Steux</surname>
<given-names>Yoann</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Roux</surname>
<given-names>Mathis</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Traizet</surname>
<given-names>Cédric</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Rassat</surname>
<given-names>Marian</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Calendini</surname>
<given-names>Tommy</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, France</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>CS GROUP, 5 rue Brindejonc des Moulinais, Toulouse, France</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>23</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLIX-B2-2026</volume>
<fpage>593</fpage>
<lpage>600</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 David Youssefi et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<abstract>
<p>We present CARS, a multiview stereo pipeline developed by CNES, in its 1.0 release. This pipeline will be integrated into the processing chain of the CO3D (French acronym for &amp;rdquo;Constellation Optique 3D&amp;rdquo;) mission. The goal of this mission is to generate a 3D model of the Earth in less than four years. Because this is an operational mission involving massive production, particular attention has been paid to ensuring that the software is robust, efficient and includes a set of advanced automatic processing features. The paper will provide a comprehensive overview of all the features developed since its creation to achieve this goal.</p>
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