Presenter

George Southard29 January 2015

Trimble Navigation Limited

Colorado, USA

Close Range Photogrammetry-

A Land Survey Tool?

Photogrammetry is the science, technology and art of obtaining reliable information from noncontact imaging and other sensor systems about the Earth and its environment.

Close range photogrammetry applies to objects ranging in size from 1cm to 200m.With accuracies from 0.1mm in the manufacturing industries to 1cm for the architecture and construction industry.

Close Range Photogrammetry

A Brief History

Meydenbauer,

Photogrammetric Camera

(1867)

Meydenbauer, Wetzlar,

Germany (ca 1890)

It started with Albrecht

Meydenbauer in Germany.

- An architect and

building surveyor

- A near accident in

Wetzlar - 1858

- An idea – make the

measurements using

photographs

- Developed the first

metric cameras for

close range

photogrammetric work

Close Range Photogrammetry

Finsterwalder

phototheodolite

1895

Zeiss Jena

Phototheodolite

1904

Meydenbauer

Metric

Cameras 1890

The “Plane Table” era of photogrammetry

Zeiss SMK40

Stereometric

cameras

1950s

Zeiss Terragraph

Stereoplotter 1950sPulfrich, stereocomparator,

(1901)

Close Range PhotogrammetryThe “Analog” era of photogrammetry

Manufacturing Industry

photogrammetry (ca. 1980)Wild, BC2 Analytical stereoplotter,

(1984)

Close Range PhotogrammetryThe “Analytical” era of photogrammetry

Recent advances include:

- Terrestrial Laser Scanners

- Softcopy or Digital photogrammetric plotting systems

- Improved bundle adjustment software

- Improved self-calibration algorithms and software

- Highly accurate inertial positioning systems

- Sophisticated photogrammetric processing software

- Etc.

And NOW!

Trimble Navigation’s latest tool the

V10 Panoramic Imaging Rover

Close Range PhotogrammetryThe “Digital” era of photogrammetry

CHANGING THE BUSINESS

LANDSCAPE WITH IMAGING

ROVERS

V10 Imaging Rover

Product Vision Statement

The Trimble V10 Imaging Rover

is an integrated camera system that

precisely captures 360 digital

panoramas used to visually document

and measure the surrounding

environment. The latest tool in the

Land Surveyors toolbox.

Trimble V10

– Precise Positions from Pictures

System Overview

Position sensor

(optional)

Camera Head

Power Rod

Bipod

Tablet 2 w/ Trimble

Access Software

TBC (advanced)

software for

processing

Trimble V10 Imaging Rover Position sensor

(optional)

Camera Head

Power Rod

Bipod

Tablet / TSC3

Trimble Access

Trimble Business

Center

12 Calibrated cameras

5MP Panorama cameras in .jpg format

Auto white balance

System weight = ~12.8 lbs

(Camera, Rod, Tablet, Bracket, Bipod, Batteries)

Operating temperature, -5°F to +122°F

2 Hot Swappable batteries @ 4 hours ea.

Quick release attaching point for total station or GPS

receiver

Basic Statistics

New Panoramic Bundle Adjustment Software

Camera integration and stability

Camera calibration

The Use of:

– Stereo Imagery

– Tie Points

Manual

Automated

– Surveyed control points

– Quality GPS hardware and signal

New photogrammetric applications software

Photogrammetric Connection

Camera Head

Visualization See the asset in the field

AND in the office

Make decisions based on precise

pixel positions

Data Points, Lines, Polygons

3D Models

Drawings

Surface

Contours

Attributes

V10 Value

High Dynamic Range Imagery (HDR)

Underexposed

Normal exposure

Overexposed

Deliverables

GIS

CAD

3D PDF

Pictures

3D Models

Model

Benefits

• Comprehensive data

• Meets or exceeds

compliance

standards

• Allows inspection

by domain experts in

the office

• More information

faster

Bridge Inspection

Right of Way Survey

Land Survey

Upstream

Asset Inventory

Oil & Gas

Benefits

• Achieves

permitting

compliance

• Avoids multiple

site visits

• Data loads into

existing database

schema

Oil & Gas

Mining

Highwall Monitoring

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