Topographic structure from motion: A new development in photogrammetric measurement

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 421-430

  Fonstad, Mark A ^a   Dietrich, James T ^a   Courville, Brittany C ^b   Jensen, Jennifer L ^b   Carbonneau, Patrice E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; LiDAR; Structure from motion; Topographic modeling

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE; TOPOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS;

COST ACCOUNTING; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; EMPLOYMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RIVERS; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYING; WAGES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84875540644     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3366     Document Type: Letter

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