Method and apparatus for capturing, geolocating and measuring oblique images
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1. A computerized system, comprising:
- a computer system storing a database of captured oblique images, one of the oblique images being a first oblique image, and another one of the oblique images being a second oblique image, each of the first and second oblique images having corresponding geo-location data, and a data table storing ground plane data, the ground plane data comprising a plurality of facets, the facets having a plurality of elevation data that conforms to at least a portion of the terrain depicted within the captured oblique images, the computer system further having computer executable logic that when executed by a processor causes the computer system to receive a selection of a geographic point from a user, search the database to find oblique images that contain the selected point, and make the oblique images available to the user.
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Abstract
A computerized system having a computer system storing a database of captured oblique images having corresponding geo-location data. The computerized system also has a data table storing ground plane data that approximates at least a portion of the terrain depicted within the captured oblique images. The computer system further has computer executable logic that when executed by a processor causes the computer system to receive a selection of a geographic point from a user, search the database to find images that contain the selected point, and make the images available to the user.
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1. A computerized system, comprising:
a computer system storing a database of captured oblique images, one of the oblique images being a first oblique image, and another one of the oblique images being a second oblique image, each of the first and second oblique images having corresponding geo-location data, and a data table storing ground plane data, the ground plane data comprising a plurality of facets, the facets having a plurality of elevation data that conforms to at least a portion of the terrain depicted within the captured oblique images, the computer system further having computer executable logic that when executed by a processor causes the computer system to receive a selection of a geographic point from a user, search the database to find oblique images that contain the selected point, and make the oblique images available to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computerized system, comprising:
a computer system calculating a plurality of elevations of a tessellated ground plane for an oblique image having pixels using positional data corresponding to the oblique image, and data indicative of topography represented by the oblique image, the elevations of the tessellated ground plane conforming to the topography for the oblique image, and associating the tessellated ground plane with the oblique image.
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16. A computerized system, comprising:
a computer system running image display and analysis software that when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to display an oblique image, reference positional data for the oblique image, and a pre-calculated ground plane for the oblique image, the pre-calculated ground plane comprising a plurality of facets, the facets having a plurality of elevation data, and conforming to the topography of an area captured within the oblique image, receive a selection of at least two pixels within the oblique image and calculate a desired measurement that takes into account changes within the topography of the area captured within the oblique image.
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