18th July 2012, 07:10 PM
Speaking as an archaeological surveyor with a an interest in digital visualisation.....It strikes me that what you really need to be able to do is 1) Georeference your photos 2) Create an accurate point cloud of the surface and associated features 3) drape photos over the wireframe created from the point cloud. All of this is possible using current technology. Laser scanner with built in video facility, camera with inbuilt GPS, good visualisation software...Not sure about the PTM technology, but if it produces images it would work with the technology outlined above..although I don't see it coming in cheap....which also seemed to be one of your considerations. And it would still involve some form of physical involvement to record the relationships between the various interfaces recorded....An interesting idea for a project though.
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