Multi-point Image Acquisition and the Construction of Hyperarchives

J.E. Szymanski

Multi-point Image Acquisition and the Construction of Hyperarchives

Electronic Engineering

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Abstract

In association with Skycell Ltd., high-quality close-range images have been acquired at a number of heritage sites using a commercial digital camera carried by a remotely controlled airborne vehicle - an "aerostat". The ability to obtain imagery with ease from arbitrary positions and orientations opens up a range of useful possibilities, but raises corresponding challenges in terms of archival of the data and delivery to the end user.
Ideally, the many overlapping images could be used to construct a "hyperimage" - a large seamless composite image effectively constructed as a mosaic from the overlapping originals. This involves overcoming a number of challenges, however, including the fact that no accurate positional or directional information is available a priori - almost all aspects of the imaging geometry have to be deduced from redundant information in the image set by solving a large multivariable optimization problem.
Preliminary results have established the feasibility and the potential value of the approach, but have also highlighted the need for the development of custom software to handle such large multi-view data sets.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 6 Nov 2003
Event	RSPSoc Symposium on Archiving Digital Imagery - York, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Nov 2003 → 6 Nov 2003

Conference

Conference	RSPSoc Symposium on Archiving Digital Imagery
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	York
Period	6/11/03 → 6/11/03

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