Precise calibration of dynamic geometric parameters cameras for aerial mapping

•We analyze the changing rules of the exterior orientation parameters while aerial camera is imaging under motion and constructively prove that the measurement under motion can be equivalent to a static measurement.•We proposed a set of working time sequence and a calibration method for aerial mapping cameras. We show that the dynamic measurement is identical to static measurement by using the proposed method. Experiments based on both simulated and real data are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.