Digital Photogrammetry is the quality leap in the means, ability, efficiency and agility of spatial information acquirement. Digital Photogrammetric Workstation (DPW) is the mainstream product of Digital Photogrammetry System. Nowadays DPW plays important roles in acquiring spatial data. With the emergence of high resolution sensor, such as IKONOS, QuickBird, SPOT5 and ADS40, the traditional DP...

This paper describes experience gained in the application of terrestrial digital photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning for the characterization of the structure of high mountain rock slopes and large landslides. A methodology allowing the creation and registration of 3-D models with limited access to high mountain rock slopes is developed and its accuracy verified. The importance of occ...

This paper presents a general overview of notable developments in close-range photogrammetry (CRP) over the past four decades, during which time both automated processes were introduced and the full transition from film-based to digital imaging cameras occurred. With these developments and more recent innovations centred upon so-called structure-frommotion approaches to network orientation, alo...

In volcanic areas, where it can be difficult to perform direct surveys, digital photogrammetry techniques are rarely adopted for routine volcano monitoring. Nevertheless, they have remarkable potentialities for observing active volcanic features (e.g., fissures, lava flows) and the connected deformation processes. The ability to obtain accurate quantitative data of definite accuracy in short ti...

The paper presents a historical review of panorama image techniques with special emphasis on photogrammetric applications. The first part of the paper deals with the anatomic and visual properties of human vision where the use of panoramic views is evident for monitoring the environment, recognition, avoidance of collision etc. Naturally, the use of photographic panoramic images became very pop...

In spite of an undoubted richness of information produced by 3D optical technologies, in some cases, the method for generating a digital model from single 3D acquisitions involves the propagation of errors. These errors limit the overall metric accuracy attainable with such procedure. This happens when small 3D images are assembled together in order to model a large object. The authors present ...