Digital Photogrammetry: A Practical Course [Hardcover]

Wilfried Linder (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3540008101 | ISBN-13: 978-3540008101 | Publication Date: July 29, 2003 | Edition: 1

Written from a "learning by doing" perspective, Digital Photogrammetry supplies everything a novice user needs to understand and perform basic photogrammetry. The combination of explanatory text and software and data on the accompanying CD-ROM leads users through all necessary steps, from initial scanning through final products such as ortho images and mosaics. All of the basic functions of digital photogrammetry are explained: image orientation, aerial triangulation measurement, bundle block adjustment, feature collection, terrain models, and final products. Ideal for geographers, cartographers, forest engineers and other experts working with aerial photos, the package takes readers through several tutorials, beginning with a simple example (stereo model), that demonstrate and detail just how photogrammetry works. The accompanying software constitutes a small but powerful Digital Photogrammetric Workshop which can be used for any project. Even 3-D images, viewable with the included 3-D glasses, are among the examples.

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About the Author

Wilfried Linder, born in 1959, studied mathematics and geography at the University of Hannover (1979-85). Thereafter, he was employed as a scientific assistant at the Universities of Osnabrück/Vechta, Hannover and Düsseldorf. In 1990 he received his Ph.D in geography, followed in 1993 by one in geodesy. He is now a member of the Institute of Geography at the University of Düsseldorf, where he is responsible for the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing, digital cartography and geo information systems (GIS).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 189 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540008101
• ISBN-13: 978-3540008101
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,307,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A software user's manual more than a course on the subject, January 2, 2010

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calvinnme - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Photogrammetry: A Practical Course (Hardcover)

This book spends most of its space explaining how the reader can use the described software to perform photogrammetric tasks and calculations. It does talk about the concepts in a qualitative manner, but not a quantitative one. The author is honest about this and even explains in the preface that his target audience is geologists that are not interested in getting involved in the mathematics. Thus you'll see large chunks of chapters talking about what tasks are performed by particular menus on the software interface. If that is what you are seeking, this is the book you want. If you want to understand the math behind photogrammetry I must direct you to the more detailed and expensive Elements of Photogrammetry with Applications in GIS. That book has lots of equations and sample problems.

I give this book 5 stars if you are seeking software and a user's manual on software that will handle photogrammetric tasks for you. If you want to understand photogrammetry I'm afraid this book is badly mislabeled, and for that reason I give it one star for accuracy of title. This averages to three stars.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good texbook overall., April 19, 2007

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SurveySays (Akron, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Photogrammetry: A Practical Course (Hardcover)

This book can seem a bit overwhelming at first. It is not a book you read quickly and completely understand. It can be time consuming. The software that is included is decent though, considering the book was a hundred bucks.

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless for understanding photogrammetry, January 20, 2012

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R. G. W. Brown "Physicist & Flutist" (Tustin, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Photogrammetry: A Practical Course (Hardcover)

Totally useless for understanding photogrammetry. No math, no explanations beyond the utterly trivial, just a CD ROM and a software user guide. Don't waste you money. Zero stars.

Buy 'Elements of Photogrammetry' by Wolf and Dewitt instead - and get inside a real textbook that has it all.

Elements of Photogrammetry with Applications in GIS