Perhaps one of the most valuable applications of PhotoModeler Technologies’ photogrammetry software–which lets users measure areas from photographs–is in crime scene and forensic photography. Photogrammetry software is valuable to forensic photography because the images taken by crime scene photographers must often be used to present facts about conditions, distances, and placement to a court as […]
What Is Photogrammetry? Brief History of Photogrammetry Photogrammetry Locations Photography Essentials Uses for Photogrammetry How Does Photogrammetry Actually Work? At PhotoModeler Technologies, we feel that the customers who get the most excited about our software are the ones who best understand the field of photogrammetry. This makes sense since the people with a foundational knowledge […]
Rhino® is a popular CAD and 3D modeling application used in many fields. PhotoModeler is a popular photogrammetry program for measuring and modeling the real world using a camera. A PhotoModeler project can be exported in the Rhino 3dm file format and further processed, or be used as the foundation for other work using Rhino’s […]
Why Surface Draw?Do you need to model, measure, or create diagrams of shapes that lie on a surface? This blog post and demonstration video will show you how to do this using a camera and PhotoModeler. PhotoModeler’s Surface Draw tools give you the ability to create 3D points, lines, and curves by marking on a single […]
A PhotoModeler Tip is a short video introduction to one feature in PhotoModeler. We have published regular tips in the past, and we are getting back to that again. PhotoModeler Tips are useful for regular PhotoModeler users as the tips describe some of the more useful, powerful, but sometimes hidden features of the program. Tips […]
PhotoModeler 2019.1.0 was released on March 27th, 2019. This release contains 59 improvements and fixes! The significant improvement and new feature is the Pattern Capture Add-on for 2D template and pattern digitization. If you work with textiles and have a need to accurately digitize large patterns, then PhotoModeler Standard with the Pattern Capture Add-on (or […]
When you have a sequence of images containing data/evidence spread over several frames recorded from the same position, for example, a series of frames from a fixed security camera, you can use PhotoModeler’s image sequence feature to measure or track objects in the scene over time! Here are some possible uses: Calculating and comparing the […]
What makes a good low-cost camera for photogrammetry? Photogrammetry is the technique of using a camera to measure and model the real world. First note that low-cost is a relative term – we are not talking about a $150 camera – instead of between $500 and $900. This is more aptly titled: “What is the […]
This post is old. Please refer to newer release posts. PhotoModeler Premium PhotoModeler Scanner and PhotoModeler UAS have been replaced by one product, PhotoModeler Premium. There are now two PhotoModeler products: Standard and Premium. PhotoModeler Premium is a complete super-set of PhotoModeler Standard. PhotoModeler Premium is priced as Scanner was. All the drone and […]
A camera is a very common piece of equipment for an officer in investigations, ident, forensics, and reconstruction. The same goes for forensic engineers in private and public practice. We are even seeing cameras in every day public safety use such as body-worn cameras, and cruiser dash-cams. Your camera can do so much more than […]