A Novel Platform and Workflow for Underwater Photogrammetry Surveys

This thesis addressed challenges in underwater photogrammetry by developing a collapsible pyramid-shaped camera calibration frame; and a Raspberry Pi-based survey platform, equipped with GNSS, pressure sensor, and echosounder. The accuracy of the 3D models produced from underwater photogrammetry sur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mufti, Alaa Anas
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2024
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95945
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Summary:This thesis addressed challenges in underwater photogrammetry by developing a collapsible pyramid-shaped camera calibration frame; and a Raspberry Pi-based survey platform, equipped with GNSS, pressure sensor, and echosounder. The accuracy of the 3D models produced from underwater photogrammetry surveys increased by 36% when using a calibration frame; and by 55% when using the GNSS-PPK position data. Resulting in seafloor 3D models with an accuracy 30-50 cm in the horizontal, and 8-18 cm in the vertical.