Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER VISION
Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages 189-210Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11263-007-0107-3
Keywords
structure from motion; 3D scene analysis; Internet imagery; photo browsers; 3D navigation
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
There are billions of photographs on the Internet, comprising the largest and most diverse photo collection ever assembled. How can computer vision researchers exploit this imagery? This paper explores this question from the standpoint of 3D scene modeling and visualization. We present structure-from-motion and image-based rendering algorithms that operate on hundreds of images downloaded as a result of keyword-based image search queries like Notre Dame or Trevi Fountain. This approach, which we call Photo Tourism, has enabled reconstructions of numerous well-known world sites. This paper presents these algorithms and results as a first step towards 3D modeling of the world's well-photographed sites, cities, and landscapes from Internet imagery, and discusses key open problems and challenges for the research community.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available