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Main Authors: Bredvik, Adam, Richardson, Scott, Crispell, Daniel
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04927
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author Bredvik, Adam
Richardson, Scott
Crispell, Daniel
author_facet Bredvik, Adam
Richardson, Scott
Crispell, Daniel
contents Heterogeneous collections of ground and airborne imagery can readily be used to create high-quality 3D models and novel viewpoint renderings of the observed scene. Standard photogrammetry pipelines generate models in arbitrary coordinate systems, which is problematic for applications that require georegistered models. Even for applications that do not require georegistered models, georegistration is useful as a mechanism for aligning multiple disconnected models generated from non-overlapping data. The proposed method leverages satellite imagery, an associated digital surface model (DSM), and the novel view generation capabilities of modern 3D modeling techniques (e.g. neural radiance fields) to provide a robust method for georegistering airborne imagery, and a related technique for registering ground-based imagery to models created from airborne imagery. Experiments demonstrate successful georegistration of airborne and ground-based photogrammetric models across a variety of distinct sites. The proposed method does not require use of any metadata other than a satellite-based reference product and therefore has general applicability.
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spellingShingle Metadata-free Georegistration of Ground and Airborne Imagery
Bredvik, Adam
Richardson, Scott
Crispell, Daniel
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Heterogeneous collections of ground and airborne imagery can readily be used to create high-quality 3D models and novel viewpoint renderings of the observed scene. Standard photogrammetry pipelines generate models in arbitrary coordinate systems, which is problematic for applications that require georegistered models. Even for applications that do not require georegistered models, georegistration is useful as a mechanism for aligning multiple disconnected models generated from non-overlapping data. The proposed method leverages satellite imagery, an associated digital surface model (DSM), and the novel view generation capabilities of modern 3D modeling techniques (e.g. neural radiance fields) to provide a robust method for georegistering airborne imagery, and a related technique for registering ground-based imagery to models created from airborne imagery. Experiments demonstrate successful georegistration of airborne and ground-based photogrammetric models across a variety of distinct sites. The proposed method does not require use of any metadata other than a satellite-based reference product and therefore has general applicability.
title Metadata-free Georegistration of Ground and Airborne Imagery
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04927