Penn State Surveying Program

SUR 425
Advanced Photogrammetry


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425. ADVANCED PHOTOGRAMMETRY (3). Advanced topics in metric photogrammetry; analytical techniques in photogrammetry; applications in close-range photogrammetry; introduction to digital photogrammetry.

Prerequisities: MATH 220 or 230; SUR 242, 222.
Textbook Wolf, Paul R. and Bon A. Dewitt. 2000. Elements of Photogrammetry with Applications in GIS. McGraw-Hill, New York. ISBN 0-07-292454-3
References Mikhail E. M., Bethel J. S., and McGlone (2001) Introduction to Modern Photogrammetry. John Wiley and Sons. New York. ISBN 0-471-30924-9

Karara, H. M. et al. 1989. Non-Topographic Photogrammetry, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. ISBN 0-944426-10-7.
Coordinator Francis Derby, Associate Professor, Surveying Engineering Program
Goals This course is designed to further the student's background in advanced photogrammetry, aerotriangulation, methodologies in non-topographic and digital/softcopy photogrammetry.
Prerequisites by Topic
  1. Understanding of basic procedures and principles of photogrammetry
  2. Understanding of theory of statistics.
  3. Understanding of matrices and least squares adjustments.
Topics
  1. Review of tilted photography.
  2. Development of the two-dimensional coordinate transformations.
  3. Development of the three-dimensional coordinate transformations.
  4. Development of the Projective transformation
  5. Measurements on a tilted photograph
  6. Analytical aerotriangulation
  7. Development of the collinearity equations.
  8. Development of the space resection and intersection formulas.
  9. Principles of Softcopy photogrammetry.
  10. Contouring
  11. Development of orthophotography.
  12. Small format photogrammetry
  1. 2 hour
  2. 2 hours
  3. 3 hours
  4. 1 hours
  5. 4 hours
  6. 2 hours
  7. 2 hours
  8. 3 hours
  9. 2 hours
  10. 1 hour
  11. 3 hours
  12. 4 hours
Laboratories
  1. Introduction to Imagine Orthobase Pro
  2. Interior orientation in softcopy photogrammetry
  3. Exterior orientation of a block of digital Photographs
  4. Aerotriangulation of a block of photos
  5. Vector data collection using Imagine Stereo Analyst
  6. Contouring and creation of DEMs
  7. Creation of Orthophotograpy
  8. Mosaicking of Orthophoto
  9. Creation of hard copy Orthophoto maps
  1. 1 lab
  2. 1 lab
  3. 2 labs
  4. 2 labs
  5. 2 labs
  6. 1 lab
  7. 1 lab
  8. 2 labs
  9. 2  labs
Computer Usage Students will use softcopy photogrammetric software to precisely measure and map both vertical and terrestrial photos. TINs and DTMs will be generated photogrammetrically. Students will also use Wolfpack and ERDAS Imagine to measure, adjust, and analyze a block of vertical photos.


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