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vlacima1

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Image overlap
« on: April 25, 2016, 02:28:47 PM »
Hello, I would like to ask you how can I know the real image overlap in my project? I would like to control if the image overlap is sufficient and where the weak locations are, but I dont know how to do that.

I know that one picture of image overlap is in report, but this is without any numbers and the legend is without units. So I dont know almost nothing from this picture.

Thank you for your answer.

JMR

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Re: Image overlap
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2016, 03:24:20 PM »
The numbers in this graph legend correspond to number of images covering this area.
You can create a true graph of image footprints by means of a slowish workflow as follows. (Im asuming a geo referenced project)
1 Align (+georeference)
2 Build a height field mesh
3 Disable all photos but one
4 create orthomosaic lowest quality for speed
5 depict photo footprint with a polygon
6 turn this photo disabled and enable next... goto 4

Alternatively (and probably faster) you can create the orthomosaic with all photos at once and then goto tools-export-orthophotos. This way you will have every single image as orthophoto and you can load them on your preferred GIS to see their actual footprint and check their overlap precisely.
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Re: Image overlap
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2016, 06:07:13 PM »
hi
you can of course also work in the point cloud and use the gradual selection and then image count to get an idea of where the overlap is low and where it is high
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Re: Image overlap
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2016, 03:51:26 PM »
Thank you guys for your answers.

I tried to create the orthomosaic with all photos at once and then exported it and it worked really great! Thank you!