X-RAY PHOTOGRAMMETRY OF ARTIFICIAL JOINTS

X-ray photogrammetry has the potential to make a significant contribution to clinical orthopaedic practice. The features of X-ray photogrammetry as it can be applied in the clinical setting are reviewed, together with some of the analytical methods of three dimensional reconstruction. A major effort in orthopaedics involves the further improvement in the durability of artificial hip joints, whose ultimate life is usually limited by loosening of the components within the bone. Current methods of assessment are described and a review presented of X-ray photogrammetry of the hip. It is believed that a proposed system at Oxford combines the best features of earlier methods. Some possible developments of X-ray photogrammetry in orthopaedics are suggested.     

Virtual Cities From Digital Imagery

Increasing interest is being expressed in the use of virtual cities for many fields of application, ranging from planning and simulation to business, advertising and the games industry. Currently, the extraction of buildings from imagery is costly. However, recent developments in digital photogrammetry aim to produce more rapid and efficient methods of modelling three dimensional objects in urban environments. This paper presents a semi-automatic system for the extraction of buildings from digital aerial imagery with the aid of volumetric primitives. The user is supported by automated tools, for example matching tools, in order to reach the necessary efficiency. With an extraction time of about 20 s per building primitive, this method is competitive in terms of the performance of classical photogrammetric procedures, and also offers additional features for analysis, texture mapping and Internet applications.     

倾斜影像的三维纹理快速重建

针对三维城市模型重建,提出了一种利用倾斜影像实现城市模型纹理快速重建的方法。该方法基于摄影测量计算机视觉理论,在事先处理得到城市建筑物数字表面模型的基础上,利用共线方程计算物方与像方的几何投影关系,获得建筑物的三维信息与纹理信息。通过一定的最优算法选择出地物面的理想纹理,实现城市建筑物纹理的自动提取及稠密建筑物纹理的遮挡处理。真实影像纹理重建的结果表明:应用本文方法进行三维城市模型纹理重建具有自动化程度高、效果逼真、成本低的特点,为快速、大面积的城市真三维模型纹理重建提供了一种有效的实现途径。     

基于移动LiDAR点云数据的室内全要素三维重建

精确的室内三维模型在古遗产保护、公共场所的精细化管理和室内导航等领域有着重要作用,而激光雷达正被逐步应用到室内三维重建中。文中采用移动激光雷达对室内所有附属设施进行高精度激光扫描,得到融合CCD影像色彩信息的彩色点云数据。给出室内全要素三维重建的技术流程,并利用Autodesk CAD等三维建模平台对点云数据进行有效处理,最终得到高精度且带有大地坐标的室内三维模型。实验结果表明,采用移动激光雷达能快速获取高精度的室内三维点云数据。通过文中提出的流程,可快速得到真三维、真尺寸、真纹理的室内全要素模型。     

INDUSTRIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND RECENT APPLICATIONS

Over the past decade, photogrammetry has been increasingly applied as a precise three dimensional measuring tool in industrial and engineering works. Analytical photogrammetry is now routinely employed in tasks of measurement as diverse as machine tool inspection and fixture checking, structural deformation monitoring, the provision of control databases to guide industrial robots and the measurement of structures in earth orbit. Traditional photogrammetric techniques and instrumentation are usually inappropriate for industrial work and the development of complete, fully integrated close range photogrammetric systems has recently gained considerable impetus. This paper details some of the significant new developments in industrial photogrammetry, with particular reference to technological advances in the Simultaneous Triangulation and Resection System (STARS) designed by Geodetic Services, Inc. for industrial photograininetry. Practical aspects of industrial measurement are also presented in a review of some of the varying tasks that GSI has carried out in recent years. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating the flexibility, accuracy, reliability and economy of photogrammetry, as well as the progress made in automating this measurement technique.     

Multi-frame and multi-dimensional historical digital cities: the Como example

In this article, we present the realisation of a multi-frame and multi-dimensional WebGIS that allows users to simultaneously analyse a specific portion of the Earth taking into account the historical information, too. Two graphical panels have been realised: one for the usual 2D view and one for a more realistic 3D view. Both panels display historical maps of the city, the current orthophoto and the digital topographical map. The 3D frame is based on NASA World Wind, an open source virtual globe from where 3D buildings are shown extruding the 2D shapes using their mean height. Thanks to a specifically designed graphical user interface, it is also possible to dynamically thematise the buildings on the globe according to different criteria (e.g. the construction time span) so that only the geometries fulfilling the request are turned on. Within the proposed application, a synchronisation between the two panels has been implemented, in order to maintain a constant alignment of the two viewers. The application is also open to the time dimension. In fact, assigning to each geometry two dates (e.g. ‘year of construction’ and ‘year of demolition’), it is possible to dynamically view how buildings have changed over time, both in their shape and height. Future developments of this work will concern the possibility of implementing a city model with a higher level of detail.     

数字摄影测量下的虚拟城市建设

主要探讨数字城市基础地理信息的内容及获取途径,以及数字摄影测量在虚拟城市建设中的应用,探索了建立虚拟城市的方法。     

倾斜航空影像的城市建筑物三维模型构建研究

针对当前城市建筑物三维模型构建的需要,本文提出一套利用无人飞艇载四组合特宽角相机同时实现高精度空中三角测量和建筑物景观三维建模的技术路线。一方面通过基于四相机重叠影像自动匹配的自检校,达到设备轻小型化条件下的精密等效中心投影构像,用以支持高精度空中三角测量;另一方面,通过自检校的4个方向倾斜的相机,达到一次飞行同时获得四方向建筑物侧面影像的目的,为城市景观的三维表达、精细建模和可视化提供一种新的、快捷的技术方案。     

Photogrammetry education for multidisciplinary geomatics in China

After briefly reviews the history of photogrammetry education in China, the development of undergraduate and graduate program, and the corresponding curricula design are analyzed by use of the data from Wuhan University in which the photogrammetry is awarded as the state-level key discipline. The academic educational program of photogrammetry in universities has trained students to perform tasks in all fields of the photogrammetric profession. In recent years, the nature of photogrammetry is changing and multidisciplinary geomatics are developing very rapidly, the educational program of photogrammetry has also changed in new concepts and structures to adapt very new technologies and the extension of the field. Finally, the prospect of photogrammetry education for the requirements of multidisciplinary geomatics is proposed. The growing interest in fast and accurate 3D spatial data collection (such as city modeling and digital earth) results in the increasing need of photogrammetry as principal tool, photogrammetric courses are therefore requested to be up-to-date and to become one kind of the fundamental professional courses for university geomatics and remote sensing degree programs.     

Photogrammetry Education for Multidisciplinary Geomatics in China

IntroductionThe word photogrammetry comes from Greekwords photos ( meaning “light”) , gramma( meaning that which is drawn or written) andmetron ( meaning“to measure”) . It originallysignifies measuring graphically by means oflight[1].The development o…     

Augmented reality and photogrammetry: A synergy to visualize physical and virtual city environments

Close-range photogrammetry is based on the acquisition of imagery to make accurate measurements and, eventually, three-dimensional (3D) photo-realistic models. These models are a photogrammetric product per se. They are usually integrated into virtual reality scenarios where additional data such as sound, text or video can be introduced, leading to multimedia virtual environments. These environments allow users both to navigate and interact on different platforms such as desktop PCs, laptops and small hand-held devices (mobile phones or PDAs). In very recent years, a new technology derived from virtual reality has emerged: Augmented Reality (AR), which is based on mixing real and virtual environments to boost human interactions and real-life navigations. The synergy of AR and photogrammetry opens up new possibilities in the field of 3D data visualization, navigation and interaction far beyond the traditional static navigation and interaction in front of a computer screen.In this paper we introduce a low-cost outdoor mobile AR application to integrate buildings of different urban spaces. High-accuracy 3D photo-models derived from close-range photogrammetry are integrated in real (physical) urban worlds. The augmented environment that is presented herein requires for visualization a see-through video head mounted display (HMD), whereas user’s movement navigation is achieved in the real world with the help of an inertial navigation sensor. After introducing the basics of AR technology, the paper will deal with real-time orientation and tracking in combined physical and virtual city environments, merging close-range photogrammetry and AR. There are, however, some software and complex issues, which are discussed in the paper.     

旋翼无人机倾斜摄影测量技术在三维实景建模中的应用

使用倾斜摄影测量技术构建三维实景模型是近年来测绘领域的研究热点之一,与传统的垂直摄影测量技术相比,在三维实景建模中具有建模效率高、自动化程度高和模型逼真的优势,尤其是在“数字城市”“智慧城市”建设中具有举足轻重的地位。本文以某区域三维实景建模项目为研究对象,使用旋翼无人机搭载南方测绘倾斜数字航空摄影相机采集研究区倾斜影像数据,进行三维实景建模,最终获得平面X精度为4.03 cm、Y精度为3.86 cm、高程Z精度为3.91 cm的三维实景模型,建模精度完全满足项目建设需求。     

Digital Photogrammetry at English Heritage: A Pictorial Review of Projects to Date

Digital photogrammetry as an aid to the process of conservation of the historic environment is now an established technique within English Heritage. Digital elevation models, orthophotographs and perspective views are becoming invaluable to the conservator as a record of a monument or site prior to some form of intervention or historical analysis. This paper reviews a range of projects where the various products generated by digital photogrammetry have been used and discusses some of the problems encountered     

High Resolution Still Video Camera for Industrial Photogrammetry

Still video cameras are easy to handle, portable, digital image acquisition devices for close range photogrammetry. They allow fast object recording without being connected to a computer. As an example of the new camera type, the high resolution Kodak DCS200 is presented in this paper, combined with the DPA digital photogrammetric station used for image measurement and object reconstruction. The performance of this three dimensional measurement system is illustrated by calibration results as well as applications to high precision dimensional inspection in industry.     

Development and Application of the Highway Mapping System of Ohio State University

Since 1990, the Center for Mapping at Ohio State University has been developing mobile mapping systems to automate and accelerate the collection of digital map data. These systems integrate the global positioning system (GPS) with inertial navigation units and imaging sensors to produce digital geographic data. They are modular and can be installed on various platforms, such as vans, trains and aeroplanes. New developments with the imaging system and the fully integrated data-processing environment are discussed in this article. The stereovision system enables the user to obtain three dimensional co-ordinates of any object in the field of view of the camera. Digital and video images, together with GPS positions, are stored in an object-oriented database, which merges data collected by airborne and terrestrial mapping platforms. Exploiting the enormous amount of information contained in the digital stereoscopic imagery is a challenging topic of current and future research.     

用线特征摄影测量对目标体素进行量测和重建的可行性研究

本文利用线特征摄影测量方法对ＣＡＤ实体造型中体素进行自动量测与重建、借此建立ＣＡＤ与数字摄影测量的桥梁，文中提出了一种以描述体素几何元素为未知数，直接在像片线特征与物体表面之间进行匹配的线特征摄影测量模型和方法，并对其可行性进行了实验，实验结果表明：线特征摄影测量能达到立体摄影测量相同的，甚至更高的精度，从而可解决无明显目标点工点物体的自动量测。     

城市街区和签到数据结合的个性化城市兴趣区域推荐方法

利用社交媒体用户的历史签到数据分析用户空间活动偏好实现用户兴趣区域推荐,在城市商业规划中起着重要作用,也为了解人们的城市生活和需求提供帮助。已有方法获得的ROI具有模糊性和多样性,无法给ROI赋予准确的地理描述信息,对用户来说可解释性不强。因此,本文提出了一种结合城市街区和签到数据的个性化兴趣区域推荐方法(CBCD),引入城市街区概念解决ROI边界模糊问题。首先,通过城市道路网生成城市街区,并将大规模签到数据映射到城市街区转换为区域签到;然后,基于区域签到对用户空间活动偏好和类别偏好分别进行个性化建模;最后,融合空间和类别活动偏好,向用户推荐其可能感兴趣的区域。在真实的数据集上进行试验,结果表明该方法具有较高的推荐精度,对用户感兴趣城市街区的挖掘和推荐具有一定的价值。     

Deep learning for geometric and semantic tasks in photogrammetry and remote sensing

ABSTRACT

During the last few years, artificial intelligence based on deep learning, and particularly based on convolutional neural networks, has acted as a game changer in just about all tasks related to photogrammetry and remote sensing. Results have shown partly significant improvements in many projects all across the photogrammetric processing chain from image orientation to surface reconstruction, scene classification as well as change detection, object extraction and object tracking and recognition in image sequences. This paper summarizes the foundations of deep learning for photogrammetry and remote sensing before illustrating, by way of example, different projects being carried out at the Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation, Leibniz University Hannover, in this exciting and fast moving field of research and development.     

新形势下摄影测量学课程教学改革探讨

随着视频卫星、无人机和计算机技术的普及与发展,摄影测量技术已经从传统地势侦察与地形测绘推广应用于智慧城市建设的各个领域,多学科的交叉融合是摄影测量发展的必经之路。为了满足传统摄影测量向智能摄影测量发展要求,本文在原有摄影测量教学的基础上,引入倾斜摄影测量与计算机视觉方面的相关知识,优化和完善摄影测量教学内容,丰富教学实践。本文教学改革探讨旨在扩展摄影测量教学前言知识,满足现代社会对创新型和实践型摄影测量人才的需求,为摄影测量学科适应新时代的发展提供了理论基础。     

光束法平差简史与概要

光束法平差是当前摄影测量和计算机视觉及机器人领域通用的一种利用影像进行定位的理论与方法。自诞生以来,通过多个学科学者的共同努力,其在理论上和方法上都有了全面和完备的发展,也备受多个交叉学科学者的关注。首先试图从历史发展的角度,介绍光束法平差的起源、模型的建立及其扩展,然后讨论其处理系统误差和粗差的方法及其解算方法。时间跨度大致涵盖光束法平差发展的60 a,涉及的贡献主要来自摄影测量,但也包括了大地测量、计算机视觉和机器人领域的代表性工作。最后指出当前光束法平差的几个发展动态。文末附有光束法平差涉及的几个相关人物的简介。