10445 (v.2) Digital Photogrammetry 681

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Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to a Postgraduate Spatial Science program.
Syllabus:	Directed study and research. Fundamentals of digital image acquisition: sampling, quantization, resampling and error sources. Charge-coupled device (CCD) architecture, operation and error sources. Automated interior, relative and absolute orientation. Image matching techniques: signal-based, feature-based and relational, with emphasis on cross-correlation and least squares matching. Use of eipipolar constraints in image matching. Multiresolution analysis and image pyramids. Digital image rectification. Feature extraction.
Unit Outcomes:	On completion of this unit students will have obtained the theoretical knowledge, formulated and solved advanced photogrammetric problems, further developed written communication skills, enhanced programming skills for practical problem solving, critically analysed published works relevant to the subject and worked independently.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	No prescribed References.
Unit Texts:	No prescribed texts.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Practical Assignment 80%. Reading Assignment 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment.