Straightforward reconstruction of 3D surfaces and topography with a camera: Accuracy and geoscience application

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  James, M R ^a   Robson, S ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CLIFF; COMPUTER VISION; EROSION RATE; LASER METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRECISION; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865436534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002289     Document Type: Article

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