Manual of Photogrammetry [Hardcover]

American Society of Photogrammetry (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1050 pages
• Publisher: Asprs Pubns; 4 Sub edition (June 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937294012
• ISBN-13: 978-0937294017
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,116,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too bad it's out of print, April 1, 2004

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elwin "elwin" (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Manual of Photogrammetry (Hardcover)

There's no question this 1980 book is dated; however, there are some very good sections in it. I consider the section on basic mathematics of photogrammetry to be a great way to learn how to extract measurements from images. It may take a couple weeks to work through it, but it's all there on pages 37-100.

The section on analytical camera calibration is likewise very good and very relevant. Old fashioned aerial cameras were designed to minimize geometric distortion, because correction was expensive. Modern lenses on digital cameras optimize other features because, in principle, distortion is easy to correct. In practice, it's only easy once you know how, and that's another place where the Manual of Photogrammetry is very valuable. The camera calibration section gives practical methods for calibrating real lenses, based on fundamental optics.

Of course, many sections of the book, such as the detailed sections on aerial film cameras, plotting machines, and rectification instruments, are totally obsolete, and all the aerial mapping sections predate GPS, so they're not particularly useful without major revision.

I also have Cliff Greve's "Digital Photogrammetry," subtitled "An Addendum to the Manual of Photogrammetry." The one problem with this book is that it is truly an addendum, so much less useful without the out-of-print Manual.

There is a problem in the business of extracting measurements from photographs -- there's no good single place to learn the basics. As a result, many people keep re-inventing the wheel; each with their own notation and nomenclature. I think the field has grown too large for one book anymore. But perhaps someone could extract and update a few sections from the Manual , and publish a book on "Fundamentals of Photogrammetry." Until this happens, the Manual is still one of the best places to look for the two topics I mentioned above.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great buy for the mathematics of photogrammetry, March 1, 2009

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This review is from: Manual of Photogrammetry (Hardcover)

This 30 year old book can usually be found quite cheaply while modern textbooks on the same subject will often cost over a hundred dollars. If you want a pretty, nicely bound book with lovely illustrations you're in the wrong place. However, if you're looking for a book that clearly explains - in detail - how to perform various photogrammetric calculations, this is an excellent resource. Of course, the rest of the chapters are of limited usefulness because of the change in technology, but chapter two is exclusively about the mathematics of photogrammetry, and that never changes. The author starts the chapter on photogrammetric calculations with the simplest of concepts and then builds up from there, even taking the time to explain how stereo images can be used to determine the height of structures, although the most detail on that particular subject is in chapters 9 and 10 of the book. Just skip the parts on obsolete equipment and follow the mathematics carefully. If you are trying to code a solution for this problem this information is invaluable. The illustrations are a bit uneven in quality. Sometimes an illustration will be quite large so that you can clearly see how everything is labeled. Other illustrations will be densely labeled and small enough that you must really squint to see what's going on.
If you are interested in this subject it is worthwhile finding a used copy of the 1980 edition for the few mathematically inclined chapters. The following is a listing of the chapters in the book that have relevant mathematics with my comments on the utility of each in the year 2009.

1. Foundations of Photogrammetry - p. 32 has some interesting comments on the math of photogrammetry and the curvature of the earth.
2. Basic mathematics of photogrammetry - The most useful chapter in the book:
a. Geometric principles
b. Matrix algebra
c. Probability and statistics
d. Methods of least squares adjustment
e. Least squares adjustment of photogrammetric blocks
3. Elements of Photogrammetric Optics - The first half of the chapter has some mathematical principles of optics that are useful.
4. Aerial cameras - Largely obsolete, but check out p. 261-273 "Analytical methods of camera calibration" which explains the mathematics involved.
9. Aerotriangulation - some mathematics of this subject are scattered throughout the chapter.
10. Stereoscopy - contains some math that is a companion to that in chapter 9.

2 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Manual of Photogrammetry, February 22, 2000

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Mohammed (Egypt, Fayoum) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Manual of Photogrammetry (Hardcover)

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