The invention provides a single-center projection transformation method of a multi-lens and multi-
detector aerial camera. The single-center projection transformation method comprises the following steps: 1) establishing a
virtual image space coordinate
system with uniform standards; 2) establishing a
mathematical model for reflecting a related position relation between multi-lens cameras and a related position relation between a plurality of detectors; 3) solving combined position elements and
distortion parameters of a plurality of lenses and the plurality of detectors through static geometric calibration; 4) establishing a mathematical mode for related position changes of images of the plurality of detectors in a dynamic
flight process; 5) obtaining identical points of overlapped regions of the images of the plurality of detectors through rapid matching of short-baseline images; 6) establishing a self-
calibration error equation according to an identical points coordinate error
minimum principle; 7) carrying out a point-by-
point method and finishing iterative solution according to a
least squares adjustment principle, so as to obtain accurate related position element in the dynamic
flight process. The method provided by the invention is universally applicable to generation of equivalent single-center projection virtual images of a multi-lens and multi-
detector area array splicing type aerial mapping camera.