Tag: Structure From Motion

The four stages of 3D Gaussian Splatting reconstruction, visualised as a single progression. A sparse point cloud provides the initial spatial skeleton (left); large overlapping Gaussian primitives are seeded from those points and begin to occupy volume (second); the optimiser densifies and refines those primitives, packing them tighter as the form converges (third); finally, alpha-compositing from the correct viewpoint produces a photorealistic render with no visible primitives remaining (right). The primitives never disappear, they simply become coherent. This is not a surface mesh, not a voxel grid, not a neural network at render time. It is millions of learned ellipsoids, each carrying position, shape, rotation, colour and opacity, composited in depth order at real-time frame rates. Image: Mike Devers / Cr8ive Media

Gaussian Splatting and LiDAR: A Practitioner’s Field Guide

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) is one of the most talked-about…

June 23, 2026

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Historic Documentation in 3D: A Young Professional’s First Photogrammetry Case…

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3D Gaussian Splat Printing: From Photogrammetry to “Splatcubes”

Gaussian splats have revolutionized the visual quality of photogrammetry models,…

May 12, 2025

LiDAR Reveals Glacial Retreat in the Dolomites

Image Source: The Glaciers of the Dolomites: last 40 years…

February 25, 2025

NODAR’s 3D Sensing: A Lidar Alternative

As new technology is developed to advance autonomous driving features…

June 11, 2024

Apple LiDAR Accurately Maps Coastal Geomorphic Changes

Sandy beach and foredune environments are common throughout coastlines globally.…

June 7, 2024

Photogrammetry in Volcanic Mapping: Iceland’s Latest Eruption

For a country that is a hotbed of volcanic and…

May 8, 2024

3D Architectural Analysis of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

This work provides new data on the church of Nuestra…

December 30, 2023

Xbox 3D Scanning for Car Parts Reverse Engineering

This is a story about how DIYers have resorted to reverse-engineering…

June 25, 2023

Agisoft Metashape Pro PluraView: Advanced 3D-Stereo Solutions

Agisoft Metashape Pro and 3D PluraView monitors enable 3D-stereo photogrammetry…

July 6, 2022

3D Drones Aid Cultural Heritage Preservation at Shenyang Palace

The Shenyang Imperial Palace in northeast China is considered the…

January 16, 2022

The Evolution of Crime Scene Documentation with 3D and Drones

Crime scene documentation is one of the most important aspects…

March 16, 2021

3D Laser Scanning: Bridging Paleontology and Architecture

Digitized Data in the Realms of Paleontology and Architecture Dan…

May 19, 2020

Impact of Rolling Shutter Effect on UAV Photogrammetry

Many are not aware that photographs taken with a UAV…

August 31, 2018

Drone 3D Modeling of Ridracoli Dam Achieves 2cm Precision

ITALDRON’s 3D Model for Preventive Maintenance of Water Supply Dam…

January 5, 2018

Bentley Systems Webinar: ContextCapture 3D Data Processing

Offers free webinar on December 15, 2016 at 1 PM…

December 7, 2016

Brandenburg Gate 3D Model Created in 3 Days

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was constructed as a symbol…

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LiDAR vs Photogrammetry: A Comparative Study

This was a paper that was presented last year at…

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