Terrestrial and Close Range Photogrammetry detailed syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geo) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Geo students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Geoinformatics Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Geo 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Geo Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of terrestrial and close range photogrammetry is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FUNDAMENTALS OF TERRESTRIAL AND CLOSE-RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY Terrestrial cameras -metric and non-metric cameras – photo theodolites -stereometric cameras -Photogrammetric process, systems, products – aspects-image forming model-coordinate systems-transformations-adjustment techniques-geometric elements-horizontal and vertical angles from terrestrial photographs – Camera azimuth
Unit II
IMAGING SYSTEMS Imaging concepts-geometric fundamentals-imaging systems-targeting and illumination-Image preprocessing-geometric image transformation-digital processing of single images-image matching and 3D object reconstruction
Unit III
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Unit IV
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MEASURING SYSTEM Comparators-single camera systems-stereoscopic processing systems-multi image measuring systems-systems of surface measurement-project planning-camera calibration-dynamic photogrammetry-close range aerial imagery
Unit V
APPLICATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY Architecture and cultural heritage-engineering surveying and civil engineering-industrial applications-forensic application-medicine-criminology-structural studies
Course Outcomes:
- On completion of the course, the student is expected to
- Describe fundamental concepts in terrestrial and close-range photogrammetry
- Describe the imaging systems
- Use analytical methods in parameter estimation
- Use photogrammetric concepts in measurement
- Application of terrestrial and close-range photogrammetry in problem domain
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Gollfried Konecny, “Geoinformation: Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry and Geographical Information Systems”, CRC Press, 2nd Edition, 2014. ISBN: 9781420068566.
- Karl Kraus, Photogrammetry: Geometry from Images and Laser Scans, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. 2nd Edition, 2007
- 3.E.M.Mikhail, J.S.Bethel, J.C.McGlone, Introduction to Modern Photogrammetry, Wiley Publisher, 2001
- E.M.Mikhail, J.S.Bethel, J.C.McGlone, “Introduction to Modern Photogrammetry”, Wiley Publisher, 2012. ISBN: 978-8126539987.
- Karara, H.M., Non topographic Photogrammetry, 2 nd Edition American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 1989
- American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 4th Edition, 2013
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