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Photogrammetric Methods

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Camera model; Sensor orientation; Object reconstruction; Methods of photogrammetry; Single image; Image pair; Image triplet; Multiple-image bundle block; Bundle adjustment; Central projection; Central perspective; Fundamental matrix

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The classical task of photogrammetry is the recovery of information from images of a scene [1]. This entry mathematically describes the geometry of single‐perspective images, image pairs, image triplets, and blocks of several images. The notion “image” is very broad. Most widely used are images of frame cameras, i. e., the image is a 2D mapping from 3D object to 2D image space where the entire frame is exposed simultaneously through a lens. It is assumed that a unique projection center exists, so that the light rays between object and image points pass through a single point. In some cases, in particular when generating 2D images with a sweeping line camera, a unique projection center for the whole image does not exist. However, in all...

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  1. McGlone, J.C. (ed.): Manual of Photogrammety, 5th edn. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Bethesda, Maryland (2004)

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  1. Computer Vision and Remote Sensing, Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany

    Olaf Hellwich

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  1. Olaf Hellwich
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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Hellwich, O. (2008). Photogrammetric Methods. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_981

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