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News from Deep3D including showcase videos, book publication, conference speaking and metashape training
News from Deep3D including showcase videos, book publication, conference speaking and metashape training
A while back I nearly didn’t answer the phone. It was one of those international numbers and I didn’t recognise it but something told me to pick it up. I spent the next 30 minutes chatting to John Kinsella of Ocean Divers in Ireland all about 3D reconstruction and how it could be used in Read more about Wrecked in Second Life[…]
Discussion on remote photogrammetry of a Lancaster bomber propeller during lockdown using masks to improve model quality
Regular followers of the Vobster Photogrammetry Project will know we have been working on this for some time. The project is all done in our spare time, for free and for the sheer joy of pushing the boundaries of photogrammetry. The game changer has been the introduction of UWIS and underwater GPS. To keep the Read more about A Snapshot in Time[…]
Underwater GPS meets Photogrammetry For a while we have been using GPS located cameras to construct highly accurate models of defensive structures known as pillboxes. Fixing a camera position above the waves is straightforward enough and you can build representative models without additional scale bars or measurements if the GPS signal is accurate. The problems Read more about Accuracy Defined?[…]
Time to Train For those who want to know more, Simon Brown of Deep3D is holding a photogrammetry training course. Organised in conjunction with Tim Clements and Vobster Quay Inland Diving the three day course will run from the 11th to the 13th of May. Three days discovering the basics of photogrammetry, discussion about cameras and Read more about Photogrammetry Training[…]
Pirate Port in the Press Published in this month’s BSAC SCUBA magazine is a four page account of how Jamaica’s Port Royal was scanned on behalf of MSP/National Geographic/Discovery Canada for the production of Drain the Sunken Pirate City. The programme now being broadcast on National Geographic Channel here in the UK. Port Royal is Read more about Drain the Pirate City[…]
Deadlines and Detail Having masses of data is a double edged sword. Too little and your images won’t align or your models lack definition. Too much and processing time jumps exponentially. Its always a balancing act between a desire for detailed models and the time available. When The Thistlegorm Project team decided to launch the website on Read more about Can We Take a Closer Look?[…]
Background A few years back Grahame Knott of Deeper Dorset found the dispersed remains of an aircraft in Weymouth Bay. Over the years pieces of the jigsaw have come together, with pieces of information as diverse as component part numbers and an entry in the Portland War Diary (Held at the National Archives) all adding up to Read more about Bolt in the Bay – P47-D Crash Site[…]
The Project The SS Thistlegorm is rated a world class wreck dive. But only a tiny fraction of the world can don SCUBA and pay the wreck a visit, so the Universities of Nottingham, Ain Shams and Alexandria have collaborated to digitally record the heritage beneath the waves. Funding for this work has been provided by Read more about Project Thistlegorm – The Processing Begins[…]