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In the geosciences there has been a bit of research in the past 10 years using Structure from Motion techniques on images collected from normal cameras suspende
by cossatot 7y ago
In the geosciences there has been a bit of research in the past 10 years using Structure from Motion techniques on images collected from normal cameras suspended from balloons, if a drone isn't available.
Both of these papers discuss making 3D models of topography on the scale of a house and yard. You can also probably get colors mapped onto the surfaces.
(Note that I believe both use AgiSoft structure from motion software, which is probably expensive. I have no idea what the FOSS options are.)
[1]: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/10/5/969/132199/Rapid-mapping-of-ultrafine-fault-zone-topography https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/10/5/...
[2]: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven_Micklethwaite/publication/267630688_Ground-based_and_UAV-Based_photogrammetry_A_multi-scale_high-resolution_mapping_tool_for_Structural_Geology_and_Paleoseismology/links/5c8b2e0145851564fade5a4b/Ground-based-and-UAV-Based-photogrammetry-A-multi-scale-high-resolution-mapping-tool-for-Structural-Geology-and-Paleoseismology.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven_Micklethwaite/pu...