Using image-based modelling (SfM–MVS) to produce a 1935 ortho-mosaic of the Ethiopian highlands

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 421-430

  Frankl, Amaury ^a   Seghers, Valérie ^a   Stal, Cornelis ^a   De Maeyer, Philippe ^a   Petrie, Gordon ^b   Nyssen, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

land use; oblique aerial photograph; ortho mosaic; PhotoScan; Structure from Motion MultiView Stereo

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS; IMAGE-BASED MODELLING; MULTI-VIEW STEREO; ORTHO-MOSAIC; PHOTOSCAN; RECORDING CHARACTERISTICS; ROOT-MEANS-SQUARE ERRORS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DIGITAL IMAGE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGERY; METADATA; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORTHOPHOTO;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84926255659     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2014.942715     Document Type: Letter

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