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RS41244 – Digital Photogrammetry

Course Outline

Course

:  RS 41244 – Digital Photogrammetry

Core/Specialization

:  Remote Sensing

Programme

:  Bachelor of Science Honours  in Surveying Science

Department

:  RSGIS

Faculty

:  Faculty of Geomatics

Contact Hours

:  100

Year

:  IV

Semester

:  I

Lecturer

:  Dr H. A. Nalani

Room No.

: FF/02

Telephone No.

:  045-3453071

E-mail

: nalani@geo.sab.ac.lk

 

Synopsis

This course is design to get knowledge about automatic and semi-automatic procedures in Photogrammetry. The course also features how to deal with digital imagery rather than analogy photograph. Working with DPW.

 

Contents

Introduction, Properties of digital imagery, Acquisition of digital images, Basic operations of digital images, Image matching, Normalized images, Introduction to DPW, Fundamental tasks in digital Photogrammetry, Matching Application, Development of Digital Photogrammetry

 

Practical Tasks

Introduction to working process of DPW, Automatic Orientation Process, Image matching, Automatic DEM generation, Automatic ortho-photo generation, and Visualization, Feature extraction and CAD modelling

Project Work

 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

No.

Course Learning Outcome

Programme Outcome

Assessment Methods

1.

Describe the properties of digital images, and the data acquisition methods

P01

Lab practical /Final Exam

2

Understand the working principles of digital photogrammetry

P01/P04

Lab practical/Assignments/ Final Exam

2.

Describe automatic stereoscopic and its application

P01

Lab practical/Assignments/ Final Exam

3.

Explain image matching procedures and how to identify conjugate points in overlapping images

P01/P02

Lab practical/Assignments / Final Exam

4.

Able to exploit knowledge and skills to work with DPW and implement computer programming codes for understanding the image matching

P04/P11/P10

Lab practical /Assignments

5.

Able to work in a team and communicate

P06/P07

Lab practical / Project

 

Student Learning Time (SLT)

Teaching and Learning Activities

Student Learning Time (hours)

Directed Learning

  1. Lecturers and Student-Centered Learning (SCL)

12

  1. Lab Practical

27

Independent Learning

  1. Student centered  learning activities

20

  1. Lab Practical activities

14

  1. Self-Learning (Library & Internet)

10

  1. Revision

10

Assessment

  1. Assignment

03

  1. Practical Assignment

03

  1. Final Examination

01

TOTAL (SLT)

100

 

Teaching Methodology

Lectures, and individual and group assignments

 

References

  • Michel Kasser and Yves Egels (2002). Digital Photogrammetry, Taylor & Francis, London & New York.
  • Wilfried Linder (2006). Digital Photogrammetry: Theory and Applications, Sringer, Berlin.

 

Grading

Assignment (x3)

15%

Lab Practical Assignment (x3)

15%

Project

20%

Final Examination

50%

Total

100%