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Low-Cost and Open-Source Solutions for Automated Image Orientation – A Critical Overview

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Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation (EuroMed 2012)

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The recent developments in automated image processing for 3D reconstruction purposes have led to the diffusion of low-cost and open-source solutions which can be nowadays used by everyone to produce 3D models. The level of automation is so high that many solutions are black-boxes with poor repeatability and low reliability. The article presents an investigation of automated image orientation packages in order to clarify potentialities and performances when dealing with large and complex datasets.

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  1. 3D Optical Metrology (3DOM), Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy

    Fabio Remondino

  2. Dept. of Applied Science, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy

    Silvio Del Pizzo & Salvatore Troisi

  3. Photogrammetry & Laser Scanning Lab, HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany

    Thomas P. Kersten

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering and Informatics, Digital Heritage Laboratory, Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), ArchbishopKyprianou 31, 3036, Limassol, Cyprus

    Marinos Ioannides

  2. Institut für Photogrammetrie, Universität Stuttgart, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 24D, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany

    Dieter Fritsch

  3. Fraunhofer Institute, Scientific Representative for Fraunhofer IAP, IBP, ICT, IGB, ISC, IST & MOEZ, Research Alliance Cultural Heritage and Sustainability Network, Rue du Commerce 31, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

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Remondino, F., Del Pizzo, S., Kersten, T.P., Troisi, S. (2012). Low-Cost and Open-Source Solutions for Automated Image Orientation – A Critical Overview. In: Ioannides, M., Fritsch, D., Leissner, J., Davies, R., Remondino, F., Caffo, R. (eds) Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation. EuroMed 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7616. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34234-9_5

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