Photomatch: An open-source multi-view and multi-modal feature matching tool for photogrammetric applications

D. González-Aguilera, E. Ruiz De Oña, L. López-Fernandez, E. M. Farella, E. K. Stathopoulou, I. Toschi, F. Remondino, P. Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, D. Hernández-López, A. Fusiello, F. Nex

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Abstract

Automatic feature matching is a crucial step in Structure-from-Motion (SfM) applications for 3D reconstruction purposes. From an historical perspective we can say now that SIFT was the enabling technology that made SfM a successful and fully automated pipeline. SIFT was the ancestor of a wealth of detector/descriptor methods that are now available. Various research activities have tried to benchmark detector/descriptors operators, but a clear outcome is difficult to be drawn. This paper presents an ISPRS Scientific Initiative aimed at providing the community with an educational open-source tool (called PhotoMatch) for tie point extractions and image matching. Several enhancement and decolorization methods can be initially applied to an image dataset in order to improve the successive feature extraction steps. Then different detector/descriptor combinations are possible, coupled with different matching strategies and quality control metrics. Examples and results show the implemented functionality of PhotoMatch which has also a tutorial for shortly explaining the implemented methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationXXIV ISPRS Congress, Commission V and Youth Forum
EditorsN. Paparoditis, C. Mallet, F. Lafarge, S. Kumar, P.L.N. Raju, S.P. Aggarwal, S.R. Reyes, M. Ustuner, F. Tsai, V. Liesenberg
PublisherInternational Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
Pages213-219
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Aug 2020
EventXXIVth ISPRS Congress 2020 - Virtual Event, Nice, France
Duration: 4 Jul 202010 Jul 2020
Conference number: 24
http://www.isprs2020-nice.com

Publication series

NameInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives
PublisherCopernicus
NumberB5
Volume43
ISSN (Print)1682-1750

Conference

ConferenceXXIVth ISPRS Congress 2020
Abbreviated titleISPRS 2020
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNice
Period4/07/2010/07/20
Internet address

Keywords

  • Descriptors
  • Detectors
  • Matching
  • Open-source
  • Photogrammetry
  • Software development
  • Tie points

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