IFD:IPWMP SoS21/Sources-26Apr21

Origins of Photogrammetry

Albrecht Meydenbauer
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Meydenbauer

Aimé Laussedat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_Laussedat

Camera Lucida
https://neolucida.com/history

Stereo photography
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Stereo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscope

Aerial photogrammetry
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Figure-12-Illustrate-the-geometry-of-aerial-photogrammetry-13_fig1_334164581
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoplotter

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Software(s)

DISCLAIMER: Use at your own risk. The use of the software and scripts downloaded on this site or sites is done at your own discretion and risk and with agreement that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from such activities.

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Open source solutions

VisualSFM: A Visual Structure from Motion System (outdated, still works on some platforms, please test) http://ccwu.me/vsfm/

Micmac, photogrammetry software developped at the IGN (French National Geographic Institute) and ENSG (French national school for geographic sciences). Should work on all platforms, calculations on CPU only.
https://micmac.ensg.eu/index.php/Accueil

• AperoDeDenis try to be a global and easy to use alternative GUI to use MicMac
  

https://github.com/micmacIGN/InterfaceCEREMA/tree/master/InterfaceCEREMA

Meshlab: open source system for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes. All platforms
https://www.meshlab.net/

Blender: free and open source 3D creation suite. All platforms
https://www.blender.org/

Pointcloud to mesh script for blender
https://www.blendernation.com/2012/01/12/python-script-point-cloud-skinner/

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Proprietary software solution #1

Agisoft Metashape
https://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/

• All platforms / CUDA or OpenCL
  
• Pro & Standard editions
  
• 1 time license purchase
  
• Educational license option
  
• Demo version (full workflow except for exports)