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Sina Rezaei¹, Angelina Maier¹, Hossein Arefi¹

¹i3mainz, Institute for Spatial Information and Surveying Technology, School of Technology, Mainz University of Applied Sciences, D-55118 Mainz, Germany.

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Keywords:

3D point cloud assessment data acquisition geometric features relative orientation spherical camera

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Area of Science:

Photogrammetry and 3D data acquisition.
Geomatics and geospatial engineering.
Computer vision for 3D reconstruction.

Background:

Three-dimensional point cloud evaluation is crucial for validating photogrammetric data accuracy.
Assessing low-cost spherical cameras against established methods like laser scanning is needed.
Limited space in structures like underpasses presents data acquisition challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the optimal accuracy and correctness of 3D point clouds from a low-cost spherical camera.
To compare spherical camera-generated point clouds with those from a laser scanner.
To evaluate the applicability of spherical camera photogrammetry in constrained environments.

Main Methods:

Calibrated a spherical camera using Agisoft Metashape and fisheye images of a chessboard.
Acquired multiple images from an underpass structure for optimal network design and relative orientation.
Captured the same scene with a laser scanner for direct metric comparison and geometric feature analysis.

Main Results:

Achieved a 0.34 RMS re-projection error in relative orientation and ~1 mm ground control point accuracy.
Spherical camera point clouds showed an average distance of 0.05 m compared to laser scanner data.
Demonstrated acceptable geometric consistency and quality for challenging structures.

Conclusions:

Low-cost spherical cameras show promising capabilities for generating high-quality 3D point clouds.
Spherical camera photogrammetry is applicable to challenging structures with limited data acquisition space.
The study validates the accuracy and geometric consistency of spherical camera-derived 3D data.