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GE 411 Lecture 1

Photogrammetry is the science of obtaining reliable measurements through photographs. Leonardo da Vinci first explored the principles of perspective in drawings in the 1480s. Aime Laussedat is considered the "Father of Photogrammetry" for using terrestrial photographs for topographic maps in 1849. Photogrammetry uses metric measurements from photos to determine ground positions, distances, elevations, areas and volumes. It has applications in mapping, GIS, corridor planning, military surveillance, agriculture, mining, environmental monitoring and disaster response.

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GE 411 Lecture 1

Photogrammetry is the science of obtaining reliable measurements through photographs. Leonardo da Vinci first explored the principles of perspective in drawings in the 1480s. Aime Laussedat is considered the "Father of Photogrammetry" for using terrestrial photographs for topographic maps in 1849. Photogrammetry uses metric measurements from photos to determine ground positions, distances, elevations, areas and volumes. It has applications in mapping, GIS, corridor planning, military surveillance, agriculture, mining, environmental monitoring and disaster response.

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Photogrammetry I

Engr. Ian Santos


July 11, 2014

Photogrammetry I
History of Photogrammetry
 1480: Leonardo da Vinci wrote “Perspective is nothing else than seeing of an object
behind a sheet of glass, smooth and quite transparent on the surface of which all
the things may be marked that are behind this glass. All things transmit their
images to the eye by pyramidal lines, and these pyramids are cut by the said glass.
The nearer to the eye these are intersected, the smaller the image of their cause
will appear.”
 1492: da Vinci started working on the Magic Lantern: A device that acts very similar
to the current day slide projector.
 1525: Albrecht Duerer, created an instrument that can be used to create a true
perspective drawing
 1759: Johan Heinrich Lambert, in a treatise “Perspectiva Liber”, developed the
mathematical principles of a perspective image using space resection to find a point
in space from which a picture is made.

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History of Photogrammetry cont.
 1883: R. Sturms and Guido Hauck first developed the relationship between
projective geometry and photogrammetry
 Joseph Nicephone Niepce (1765-1833) obtained the first photograph which took
eight hours of exposure.
 1837: Jacques Mande Daguerre obtained the first practical photograph using the
process called daguerreotype
 1840: Dominique Francois Jean Arago, french geodesist, started to advocate the
use of photogrammetry using the daguerreotype
 1849: Aime Laussedat, first person to use terrestrial photographs for topographic
map compilation; also referred to as the “Father of Photogrammetry”
 Development Cycles
 Plane table photogrammetry, from about 1850 to 1900.
 Analog photogrammetry, from about 1900 to 1960.
 Analytical Photogrammetry, from about 1960 to present
 Digital Photogrammetry, current
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Photogrammetry
 The practice of determining the geometric properties of objects from
photographic images (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photogrammetry)
 The process of taking measurements from photographs… (Higher Surveying:
Breed and Hosmer)
 Obtaining information about an object an object indirectly, by measuring
photographs taken of the object . (Surveying Theory and Practice: Anderson and
Mikhail)
 The art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical
objects and the environment. (http://www.amtmaps.com/photogrammetry.htm)
 the science of making reliable measurements by the use of photographs and
especially aerial photographs (as in surveying) (http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/photogrammetry)

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Categories of Photogrammetry

 Metrical Photogrammetry
 Ground positions
 Distances
 Difference in elevation
 Areas
 Volumes
 Photo Interpretation
 Size
 Shape
 Pattern
 Tones
 Texture
 Colors
 Contrast
 Relative Location
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Types of Metric Photogrammetry

 Terrestrial Photogrammetry
 Camera is mounted on a tripod and photographs are primarily in a horizontal direction
 Taken from fixed, often known points from the ground
 Aerial Photogrammetry
 Photos are taken vertically or nearly so.
 High precision camera is mounted in an aircraft and photographs are taken in an
organized manner as the aircraft flies over the terrain.

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Terrestrial Photogrammetry Aerial Photogrammetry
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Types of Aerial Photographs

 Vertical photographs
 Called Verticals
 Perspective views of the terrain produced on a horizontal plane
 Optical axis is vertical
 Plate (or film) is horizontal
 Composite Photographs
 Photos taken with a multi-lens camera
 One photograph is vertical while the others are inclined to the vertical
 Later on rectified to produce an effect that all prints are taken vertically
 Oblique Photographs
 Camera axis is sufficiently inclined to the vertical so that usually the horizon is shown
(film is always at right angles to the axis of the camera)
 Two types: high obliques and low obliques

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Applications of Photogrammetry

 Photogrammetric Surveying
 Mapping
 GIS
 Corridor Mapping
 Military Surveillance
 Agriculture
 Mine Mapping
 Environmental Mapping
 Disaster and Emergency Mapping

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