31 Jul 2013
31 Jul 2013
ORIENTAL – AUTOMATIC GEO-REFERENCING AND ORTHO-RECTIFICATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
W. Karel3,1, M. Doneus1,2, G. Verhoeve1,2, C. Bries3,2, C. Ressl3, and N. Pfeifer3
W. Karel et al.
W. Karel3,1, M. Doneus1,2, G. Verhoeve1,2, C. Bries3,2, C. Ressl3, and N. Pfeifer3
- 1Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, University of Vienna Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- 2LBI for Archaeological Prospection & Virtual Archaeology Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- 3Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology Gusshausstrasse 27–29, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- 1Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, University of Vienna Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- 2LBI for Archaeological Prospection & Virtual Archaeology Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- 3Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology Gusshausstrasse 27–29, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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Received: 06 May 2013 – Revised: 05 Jul 2013 – Accepted: 05 Jul 2013 – Published: 06 Dec 2013
Keywords: Aerial photograph, orientation, georeference, archaeology, automation, software
This paper presents the newly developed software OrientAL, which aims at providing a fully automated processing chain from aerial photographs to orthophoto maps. It considers the special requirements of archaeological aerial images, including oblique imagery, single images, poor approximate georeferencing, and historic photographs. As a first step the automatic relative orientation of images from an archaeological image archive is presented.