Mapping by matching: A computer vision-based approach to fast and accurate georeferencing of archaeological aerial photographs

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2060-2070

  Verhoeven, G ^a,b,d   Doneus, M ^b,d   Briese, Ch ^c,d   Vermeulen, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d LBI for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D model; Aerial archaeology; Aerial photograph; Computer vision; Dense multi view stereo reconstruction; Orthophoto; Structure from motion

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ALGORITHM; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; GEOMETRY; ORTHOPHOTO; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 84860890251     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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