High-resolution trench photomosaics from image-based modeling: Workflow and error analysis

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2354-2366

  Reitman, Nadine G ^a   Bennett, Scott E K ^a,b   Gold, Ryan D ^a   Briggs, Richard W ^a   DuRoss, Christopher B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

3D trench model; And Python script for exporting photomosaics in a vertical plane; Example photomosaic log; Image based modeling workflow for paleoseismic trench photomosaics; Table of error analysis data

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

3-D MODEL CONSTRUCTIONS; IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE; IMAGE-BASED MODELING; PHOTOMOSAIC; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; TABLE OF ERRORS; VERTICAL PLANE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRENCH;

UNITED STATES; WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 84943338657     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120150041     Document Type: Article

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