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Hence, this paper proposes a new method for simultaneous shadow detection on ghost image. In the proposed method, a corner point on shadow boundary is selected and its 3D approximate coordinate is calculated through photogrammetric collinear equation on the basis of assumption of average elevation within the aerial image. The 3D coordinates of the shadow corner point on shadow boundary is used to calculate the solar zenith angle and the solar altitude angle. The shadow areas on the ground, at the moment of aerial photograph shooting are determined by the solar zenith angle and the solar altitude angle with the prior information of the digital building model (DBM). Using the relationship between the shadows of each building and the height difference of buildings, whether there exists a shadow on the building roof is determined, and the shadow area on the building roof on the ghost image is detected on the basis of the DBM. High-resolution aerial images located in the City of Denver, Colorado, USA are used to verify the proposed method. The experimental results demonstrate that the shadows of the 120 buildings in the study area are completely detected, and the success rate is 15% higher than the traditional shadow detection method based on shadow features. 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