Course Details

Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning

Academic Year 2022/23

BEA019 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-GK Winter Semester 1st year

  • Photogrammetry - history, types of cameras, images, principles of acquisition and imaging, optics, lenses, depth of field, camera formats, and imaging parameters.
  • Principle of 3D reconstruction, central projection, extrinsic and intrinsic parameters, camera matrix, the principle of stereo vision, and stereo evaluation.
  • Coordinate systems in photogrammetry, 2D and 3D transformations, homogeneous coordinates, homography, and solution methods (adjustment).
  • Close-range photogrammetry, cameras, imaging method, processing methods, accuracy, and calibration.
  • Acquisition of aerial photographs, types of cameras, flight planning, digitization of analog images, motion blur, and image resolution.
  • Direct sensor orientation, physical nature, contribution to photogrammetry and aerial scanning, navigation coordinate transformation between sensor coordinates systems, body coordinate system, and navigation (world) coordinate system.
  • Image orientation, the principle of aerial triangulation, bundle block adjustment, the accuracy of image orientation, additional parameters, GNSS, and IMU in aerial triangulation.
  • Photogrammetric mapping. Accuracy of stereo evaluation. A digital orthophoto, digital analysis, and processing of images, digital image correlation, search for interesting (key) points, and analysis of correspondences.
  • Automation of photogrammetric tasks - image correlation, interest operators, Structure from Motion, dense matching - principle, use, meaning.
  • Ground and aerial scanning - principles, accuracy, applications.
  • Aerial scanning - principles, accuracy, applications.
  • Mobile mapping, UAV: ​​principle, accuracy, application.

Course Guarantor

Ing. Petr Kalvoda, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Geodesy

Objective

  • Gaining theoretical knowledge of current methods and principles of digital photogrammetry.
  • The ability to practically apply selected methods of digital photogrammetry.

Knowledge

The student will acquire the objectives of the course Photogrammetry and laser scanning and will be able to apply the selected methods.

Syllabus

  1. Photogrammetry - history, types of cameras, images, principles of acquisition and imaging, optics, lenses, depth of field, camera formats, and imaging parameters.
  2. Principle of 3D reconstruction, central projection, extrinsic and intrinsic parameters, camera matrix, the principle of stereo vision, and stereo evaluation.
  3. Coordinate systems in photogrammetry, 2D and 3D transformations, homogeneous coordinates, homography, and solution methods (adjustment).
  4. Close-range photogrammetry, cameras, imaging method, processing methods, accuracy, and calibration.
  5. Acquisition of aerial photographs, types of cameras, flight planning, digitization of analog images, motion blur, and image resolution.
  6. Direct sensor orientation, physical nature, contribution to photogrammetry and aerial scanning, navigation coordinate transformation between sensor coordinates systems, body coordinate system, and navigation (world) coordinate system.
  7. Image orientation, the principle of aerial triangulation, bundle block adjustment, the accuracy of image orientation, additional parameters, GNSS, and IMU in aerial triangulation.
  8. Photogrammetric mapping. Accuracy of stereo evaluation.
  9. A digital orthophoto, digital analysis, and processing of images, digital image correlation, search for interesting (key) points, and analysis of correspondences.
  10. Automation of photogrammetric tasks - image correlation, interest operators, Structure from Motion, dense matching - principle, use, meaning.
  11. Ground and aerial scanning - principles, accuracy, applications.
  12. Aerial scanning - principles, accuracy, applications.
  13. Mobile mapping, UAV: ​​principle, accuracy, application.

Prerequisites

Basics of coordinate systems and transformations, least squares adjustment.

Corequisites

Theory of errors and adjustment LSM.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

6 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

The definition of controlled teaching and the method of its implementation are determined by the annually updated decree of the subject guarantor.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/253009

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  1. Photogrammetry - history, types of cameras, images, principles of acquisition and imaging, optics, lenses, depth of field, camera formats, and imaging parameters.
  2. Principle of 3D reconstruction, central projection, extrinsic and intrinsic parameters, camera matrix, the principle of stereo vision, and stereo evaluation.
  3. Coordinate systems in photogrammetry, 2D and 3D transformations, homogeneous coordinates, homography, and solution methods (adjustment).
  4. Close-range photogrammetry, cameras, imaging method, processing methods, accuracy, and calibration.
  5. Acquisition of aerial photographs, types of cameras, flight planning, digitization of analog images, motion blur, and image resolution.
  6. Direct sensor orientation, physical nature, contribution to photogrammetry and aerial scanning, navigation coordinate transformation between sensor coordinates systems, body coordinate system, and navigation (world) coordinate system.
  7. Image orientation, the principle of aerial triangulation, bundle block adjustment, the accuracy of image orientation, additional parameters, GNSS, and IMU in aerial triangulation.
  8. Photogrammetric mapping. Accuracy of stereo evaluation.
  9. A digital orthophoto, digital analysis, and processing of images, digital image correlation, search for interesting (key) points, and analysis of correspondences.
  10. Automation of photogrammetric tasks - image correlation, interest operators, Structure from Motion, dense matching - principle, use, meaning.
  11. Ground and aerial scanning - principles, accuracy, applications.
  12. Aerial scanning - principles, accuracy, applications.
  13. Mobile mapping, UAV: ​​principle, accuracy, application.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • Aerial triangulation – block forming, data import, and measurement of tie points and control points.
  • Aerial triangulation – block adjustment, gross error removal, and accuracy analysis.
  • Stereovectorization, map creation.
  • Creating a digital elevation model.
  • Orthophoto, orthorectification, orthomosaic creation.
  • Creating a textured 3D model using close photogrammetry – dense matching, Structure from Motion, and laser scanning. Accuracy testing. Publishing the model on the web.