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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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VisualSFM: A Visual Structure from Motion System (outdated, still works on some platforms, please test)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
All platforms / CUDA or OpenCL
Pro & Standard editions
1 time license purchase
Educational license option
Demo version (full workflow except for exports)
https://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/