Innovative low cost technologies and services for Video Mobile Mapping X International Scientific and Technical Conference “From Imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies” 20-23 September 2010 – Gaeta (Italy)

Applications and Technology “Mobile mapping represents a heterogeneous type of sensor integration consisting of navigation sensors as well as imaging sensors, together time synchronized and mounted on a common platform” (Schwarz & El-Sheimy, 1996) GPS IMU Odometer Barometer Multiple cameras/video Laser scanner Special sensors (georadar, laser profilometer, etc.) Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Applications Asset management and utility inventory (build asset inventories and keep them up to date) Road side equipment : street furniture, road signs, speed limits, road lanes, marking, traffic lights, bus stop, pavement types, vegetation, flood ways, culverts, drains, kerbs, guttering. Verification of existing assets and measurement of asset dimensions Planning and studies (a decision support tool) Follow the evolution in your network: visual inspection and road geometry Organize scheme design and traffic signals, sign replacement program Decision support tool for lane closures and access Creation of a geo referenced imagery database allowing to measure the evolution of the network Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Applications Network Operation Visual inspection of network and road geometry Measurement of lane/footpath widths, height clearances and set-backs Graphical aid to works specifications Review existing highway data set, surface condition Planning of responses to events and diversions occurring on the network Follow and control of subcontractors acting in the network Disaster management, planning and response Emergency management plan Adapt intervention planning with data collected after catastrophe Inventory the damages after catastrophe Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Technologies Traditional technology Dedicated and specifically fitted vehicles High quality/accuracy and expensive equipments Complex devices require skilled operators Two or more people (driver+ system operators) required during the survey Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Innovative technologies Metric panoramic images collection from street level (earthmine) Portable standalone video mapping solution (imajing) Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Innovative technologies - Portable video mapping Surveying solution for transportation network Portable device with high resolution imagery fully positioned and oriented Software suite for processing field data Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Innovative technologies - Portable video mapping Ultra simple surveying tool High quality, high frame rate images High precision and high availability positioning Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Portable video mapping – System components Collect field data Process and store Distribute Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Portable video mapping - Workflow Imajbox production chain Mission configuration on USB pendrive Running Field survey Shape KML CSV JPEG POST- PROCESSING Using imajview Data model (XML) PostGIS Page

Portable video mapping - Hardware 5 megapixel CCD for a perfect visibility of details in the image Auto gain, auto white balance Up to 15 frames/seconds full resolution Combination of 50 channels GPS and integrated high sensitivity antenna IMU, Inertial Measurement Unit Barometer IMU and barometer hybridized with GPS data (EKF) Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Portable video mapping - Software Post-processing software Generation of the navigation solution based on GPS, IMU, barometer, and image processing algorithms Optimization of stereopairs parameters for photogrammetric processing Page

Portable video mapping - Software Analysis and data collection software Explore virtually your network Overlay any GIS layer with surveyed data Support for raster and vector additional layers in cartographic module Display of orthophotos in background (.ecw, .tiff) Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Portable video mapping - Software Tagging environment Mark and qualify regions of interest in any image Comment any picture Export regions of interest with associated xyz position Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Portable video mapping - Software High accuracy positioning directly in images through 3D photogrammetry Positionning and attributing tools based on photogrametry for 3D positioning of visible objects in images. Distance between 2 points, height measurement, width measurement, length Position and qualify object in the image Photogrametry based on 2 images Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Photogrametric principle baseline x,y,z x',y',z'

Good base line baseline x,y,z x',y',z'

Bad base line baseline x,y,z x',y',z'

Bad base line baseline x,y,z x',y',z'

Better base line baseline x,y,z x',y',z' Take object the closest possible

Preferred zones for pointing & measuring

Portable video mapping - Software Build a network referential Create and edit a network referential in curvilinear abscissa (topology & attributes) Automatically link GPS longitude, latitude, height of survey with linear distance on network Automatically assign a linear position (curvilinear abscissa) to positioned objects. Export surveyed data to your GIS and analysis tools Supported export formats : Shape (ArcGis/ESRI), KML/KMZ (Google Earth), CSV (Excel/OpenOffice) Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Portable video mapping - Software Internet/Intranet data sharing solution Complete solution to store, index, archive and distribute imajbox output data from field survey Virtual navigation in networks Sharing surveys within a team in charge of road work Tourist patrimony virtual visit (path and trails, sites of interest) Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Portable video mapping – Internet Applications Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Video Mobile Mapping Sistemi Avanzati offer: Sale and support of the innovative mobile mapping devices System configuration and customization Survey services using innovative mobile mapping equipments and sales of equipments for customer direct update of the survey Survey services using innovative mobile mapping equipments Sistemi Avanzati - Roma

Innovative technologies - Metric Panoramic Images Collect Scalable hardware & software system robust data collection Process 3D reconstruction of scene using panoramic stereo vision. Fully automated image & 3D data processing pipeline. Deliver Unique client/server architecture for the lightweight delivery of 3D data. Elastic cloud storage and delivery Flexible API products for developers Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Sistemi Avanzati - Roma 26

Metric Panoramic Images - Content Metrics 50 megapixels High quality & resolution imagery Accurate 3D positioning < 1 meter globally Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Sistemi Avanzati - Roma 27

Metric Panoramic Images - Camera Array 180° 120° 180° 120° 120° 120° Vertically offset stereo- panoramic camera array Full 360° spherical images with consistent 3D coverage Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Sistemi Avanzati - Roma 28

Metric Panoramic Images - Automated Processing Raw Stereo Images Image Rectification Stereo Correlation Disparity/XYZ output Wide angle stereo Dense 3D Data Pixel for Pixel 3D Correspondence High Level of accuracy Asset Management Grade Data Layer Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Sistemi Avanzati - Roma 29

Metric Panoramic Images - 3D Data Samples Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Sistemi Avanzati - Roma 30

Metric Panoramic Images - 3D street level animation Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Sistemi Avanzati - Roma 31

Metric Panoramic Images – 3D measurements Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Sistemi Avanzati - Roma 32

Metric Panoramic Images - 3D localization Sistemi Avanzati - Roma Sistemi Avanzati - Roma 33

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