Method and system for rendering a synthetic aperture radar image

Method (100;

• 200) for rendering a simulated Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image, said method comprising the steps of:
• providing (110) a digital surface model or the like comprising 3D coordinate data in a geo-referenced coordinate system;
• determining (120) a sub-section of the digital surface model;
• and
• obtaining (130) the simulated SAR image based on the subsection of the digital surface model, wherein substantially each point in the simulated SAR image being associated to a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate in the geo-referenced coordinate system.

System (900;

• 1000) for rendering a simulated Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image, said system comprising:
• a digital surface model store (965;
• 1065) configured to store a digital surface model or the like comprising three-dimensional (3D) coordinate data in a geo-referenced coordinate system;
• and
• a first processing element (962;
• 1062) configured to obtain the simulated SAR image based on a subsection of the digital surface model,
• wherein substantially each point in the simulated SAR image is associated to a coordinate in the geo-referenced coordinate system.