The Photogrammetric Vision Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology CUT was established in 2009 by Associate Professor Dimitrios Skarlatos. The lab has gained a lot of experience in underwater 3D mapping, modelling and documentation by providing support in Mazotos classical era shipwreck excavation since 2010, Nisia shipwreck since 2014 and Protaras shipwreck since 2019. During these years, the lab gained considerable experience in 3D data acquisition, as well as using SfM and MVS to create colour 3D point clouds using open source and in house software, to develop simplistic, yet effective VR visits. The methodology of acquiring, processing and georeferencing 3D dense point clouds in daily basis, has been elaborated and perfected in such a degree that now poses a trivial process. From September 2014, it has demonstrated that it is a standardized process and 3D models may be acquired in a timely basis to record the finds of any shape and almost any size in the underwater environment, as the excavation in the trench proceeds. The Lab is equipped with underwater cameras, and a small ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) which has been used successfully in Protaras shipwreck on July 2019. The lab has also significant experience in 3D acquisition techniques as using laser scanners, both handheld and terrestrial to record artefact, sites or monuments in land. It has also significant experience in low cost – high accuracy mobile mapping applications for urban scenes, by developing in house mobile mapping system using GNSS, INS and a stereo camera rig. In addition, the lab is equipped with 2 fixed wing and multi rotor UAVs for 3D aerial mapping, focusing recently in coastal mapping and monitoring. In house algorithms for water refraction correction and ML bathymetric PC correction, has given the ability to precisely and correctly model the seabed in shallow waters, using aerial photos from UAV. The final result is a seamless DSM and orthophotomosaic of land and seabed, with photogrammetric level accuracy throughout the area of interest. Therefore, Image Based acquisition techniques and laser scanning are among the expertise of the lab. Additionally, the lab being in the department of Surveying Engineering and Geomatics has significant experience in Geographic Information Systems and Database Management.
Website: https://photogrammetric-vision.weebly.com/
Photogrammetric Vision Lab
The Photogrammetric Vision Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology CUT was established in 2009 by Associate Professor Dimitrios Skarlatos. The lab has gained a lot of experience in underwater 3D mapping, modelling and documentation by providing support in Mazotos classical era shipwreck excavation since 2010, Nisia shipwreck since 2014 and Protaras shipwreck since 2019. During these years, the lab gained considerable experience in 3D data acquisition, as well as using SfM and MVS to create colour 3D point clouds using open source and in house software, to develop simplistic, yet effective VR visits. The methodology of acquiring, processing and georeferencing 3D dense point clouds in daily basis, has been elaborated and perfected in such a degree that now poses a trivial process. From September 2014, it has demonstrated that it is a standardized process and 3D models may be acquired in a timely basis to record the finds of any shape and almost any size in the underwater environment, as the excavation in the trench proceeds. The Lab is equipped with underwater cameras, and a small ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) which has been used successfully in Protaras shipwreck on July 2019. The lab has also significant experience in 3D acquisition techniques as using laser scanners, both handheld and terrestrial to record artefact, sites or monuments in land. It has also significant experience in low cost – high accuracy mobile mapping applications for urban scenes, by developing in house mobile mapping system using GNSS, INS and a stereo camera rig. In addition, the lab is equipped with 2 fixed wing and multi rotor UAVs for 3D aerial mapping, focusing recently in coastal mapping and monitoring. In house algorithms for water refraction correction and ML bathymetric PC correction, has given the ability to precisely and correctly model the seabed in shallow waters, using aerial photos from UAV. The final result is a seamless DSM and orthophotomosaic of land and seabed, with photogrammetric level accuracy throughout the area of interest. Therefore, Image Based acquisition techniques and laser scanning are among the expertise of the lab. Additionally, the lab being in the department of Surveying Engineering and Geomatics has significant experience in Geographic Information Systems and Database Management.
Website: https://photogrammetric-vision.weebly.com/
