photogrammetry

American  

[foh-tuh-gram-i-tree] / ˌfoʊ təˈgræm ɪ tri /

noun

1. the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.

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photogrammetry British  

/ ˌfəʊtəʊɡrəˈmɛtrɪk, ˌfəʊtəʊˈɡræmɪtrɪ /

noun

1. the process of making measurements from photographs, used esp in the construction of maps from aerial photographs and also in military intelligence, medical and industrial research, etc

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Other Word Forms

• photogrammetric adjective
• photogrammetrical adjective
• photogrammetrically adverb
• photogrammetrist noun

Etymology

Origin of photogrammetry

First recorded in 1870–75; photo- + -gram ¹ + -metry

Example Sentences

Led by Assaf Yasur-Landau, head of the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies at the University of Haifa, and Roey Nickelsberg, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Haifa, the international team excavated the site using a combination of sediment dredging and sampling, as well as photogrammetry and 3D modeling.

From Science Daily

For his haunting 2013 puzzle game, The Swapper, Olli Harjola sculpted sets and characters out of Plasticine and then digitized them using a technique called photogrammetry.

From New York Times

Five hundred years and many more technological advancements later, a team from the Factum Foundation spent three days using photogrammetry, a 3D scan with a camera, to record the fragments in the Capitoline courtyard.

From New York Times

The photogrammetry booth is an area surrounded by hundreds of cameras, sometimes arranged in an orb shape and sometimes around a square room.

From Scientific American

He also physically acted out many scenes in a separate studio with his fellow performers for motion capture, a process similar to photogrammetry but designed to record the body’s movements.

From Scientific American