Digital Photogrammetry

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge on informatics and mathematics.

Teaching Methods

The fundamental concepts are taught on the theorico-practical classes, along with the resolution of exercises and tutorials to clarify the subjects. The laboratorial-practical classes include the resolution of exercises and labs using dedicated photogrammetric software (both proprietary and open-source). The evaluation includes a practical component and an exam. The practical component consist on the execution of small labs by the students, initiated in the laboratorial-practical classes and concluded by the students outside the classes, which are accompanied by the elaboration of reports.

Learning Outcomes

From the contents perspective this discipline is intended to give: 1) the concepts, methods and techniques currently used by the photogrammetric systems and by laser scanning systems (aerial and terrestrial); 2) the methods and techniques for extracting 2D and 3D geo-spatial data from stereo and multi-stereo images, taken by terrestrial, aerial and spatial platforms, as well as from laser scanning data. From the practical perspective it is supposed that students know how to use photogrammetry for: 1) extracting DSM and 3D point clouds from stereo and multi-stereo correlation of digital images; 2) generating digital ortophotos; 3) acquiring and modeling 3D objects from close range phtogrammetry; 4) planning and executing photogrammetric projects in several areas: engineering, cultural heritage and environmental topographic monitoring.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Fundamentals of Photogrammetry

2. Photogrammetric image acquisition systems and basic pré-processing

3. Analytical methods in digital photogrammetry

4. Aerial triangulation of image blocks

5. Automatic generation of digital surface models by image matching procedures

6. Automatic generation of digital ortophotos

7. Photogrammetric procedures in close range photogrammetry and laser scanning

8. Photogrammetric project planning: case studies.

Head Lecturer(s)

Gil Rito Gonçalves

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 40.0%
Exam: 60.0%

Bibliography

• Gil Gonçalves (2013). Cadernos de Fotogrametria Digital. Universidade de Coimbra. Não Publicado.
• Kraus, K., Harley, I., and Kyle, S. (2007). Photogrammetry: geometry from images and laser scans. Number vol. 1 in de Gruyter Textbook. Walter De Gruyter.
• Luhmann, T., Robson, S., Kyle, S., and Harley, I. (2007). Close range photogrammetry: principles, techniques and applications. Whittles.
• Mikhail, E., Bethel, J., and McGlone, J. (2001). Introduction to modern photogrammetry. Wiley.
• Wolf, P. R. and Dewitt, B. A. (2000). Elements of photogrammetry : with applications in GIS. McGraw-Hill, Boston :, 3rd ed. / Paul R. Wolf, Bon A. Dewitt. Edition