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Method and Apparatus for Capturing, Geolocating and Measuring Oblique Images

  • US 20090096884A1
  • Filed: 08/06/2008
  • Published: 04/16/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computerized system for displaying, geolocating, and making measurements based upon captured oblique images, comprising:

  • a computer system executing image display and analysis software reading;

    a plurality of captured oblique images;

    geo-location data corresponding to said plurality of captured oblique images; and

    tessellated ground plane data that closely approximates at least a portion of the terrain depicted within said captured oblique images, said tessellated ground plane data further comprising a plurality of interconnected facets with the size of the facets defined using a uniform number of pixels in the captured oblique images; and

    wherein the image display and analysis software displays one of the captured and geo-located oblique images and calculates a geo-location of one or more selected points within said displayed image, said software calculating a separation distance between any two or more selected points within said displayed image.

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