Haitao Zhao received an M.E. degree in cartography and geographic information systems from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 2006, and a Ph.D. degree in cartography and geographic information systems from the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2013. He is currently a Senior Engineer with the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include flight management systems, POS-supported aerial photogrammetry, hyperspectral remote sensing, and geometric rectification.