PHOTOGRAMMETRY:

THE CONCEPTS

E. E. DERENYI

September 1996

TECHNICAL
REPORT
LECTURE NOTES
NO.
NO. 217
57

PHOTOGRAMMETRY:
THE CONCEPTS

E. E. Derenyi

Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering

University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 4400
Fredericton, N.B.
Canada
E3B 5A3

September 1996

PREFACE
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PREFACE

These lecture notes present the concepts and principles of photogrammetry, both
the analogue and the analytical. Emphasis is placed on the analytical procedures, which
are time invariant and provide the most rigorous solutions. Analogue photogrammetry
was invented to physically model the geometric relationships between image, model and
object space at the time when the computational solution of the complex mathematical
expressions was practically impossible. This is no longer the case, and the use of
analogue photogrammetry is declining rapidly.
The technology and practice of photogrammetry is very dynamic, and new
instruments and techniques are constantly being introduced. Therefore, instruments and
techniques are only treated in general terms without reference to particular makes or
models. The reader is referred to the scientific literature for the most up-to-date
information.

Eugene E. Derenyi

NOTE

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