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Importing Exterior Orientations

Description

 

Requirements

Requirements for using Measurements

Requirements for using Exterior Orientations

 

Measurement File Formats

ALBANY

ISBBA

ISAT

JFK

MATCH-AT

ORIMA

PATB

VrAt

 

Exterior Orientation File Formats

AeroSys        

ALBANY

Applanix      

BINGO

ISAT EO file

ISAT ‘photo’ file

JFK

MATCH-AT

PATB

Pix4D

Agisoft

Description

There are two methods for model orientation in the VrTwo Orientation Program (Vr2Ori): measurements and exterior orientations.  VR Model Set currently only inports exterior orientations.  A more detailed description of the two techniques follows:

 

Air Trig Measurements - Rather than simply importing a solution this method performs a relative and absolute orientation from image ties and ground coordinates.   Importing data this way provides numerical feed back on the quality of the results and thus provides a double check of the bundle results.  However, the resulting orientation is only an approximation of the bundle result being imported.  For this reason is it not the recommend method.  It is useful occasionally if there is some issue with or missing input data (usually camera definition data).  In this case the recalculation tends to smooth over these error or omissions.

         The coordinates in measurement files are normally fiducial coordinates in microns or millimeters. Vr2Ori can read various measurement file formats and run the relative and absolute orientations based on these measurements.

Exterior Orientations - Imports the orientation and position of each photograph from an aerial triangulation adjustment (Bundle).  There is no recalculation nor approximation.  For this reason it is the recommended method.  The adjustment values are the rotation angles about the X, Y and Z axis (Omega, Phi, and  Kappa) and the position of the photograph in ground units.  Borth VR Model set and Vr2Ori can read various exterior orientation files.

 

Requirements

Requirements for Using Measurements

Ground Control File – Final coordinate file from the aerial triangulation adjustment. It should include the coordinate positions for the original ground control and the xyz coordinate positions for the aerial triangulation pass and tie points. Since we are setting a single model, which requires at least three vertical and two horizontal points, the original ground control file will not have enough points to set the model.
Measurements File – Contains measurements for the points on each photograph for the adjustment. These measurements are X,Y coordinates (expressed in microns or millimeters) for the common and control points.  There are several supported formats.

Requirements for Using Exterior Orientations

Exterior Orientation File – Result of the aerial triangulation adjustment. Contains the Omega (x), Phi (y) and Kappa (z) rotation angles and the x, y, z coordinate for each photograph.
 

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Measurement File Formats

The following are the supported file formats for importing orientations using measurements from aerial triangulation:

 

ALBANY
ISBBA
ISAT
JFK
MATCH-AT
ORIMA
PATB
VrAt

 

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JFK Measurement File Format

(ASOP file) – The JFK format is one of the few whose coordinates may not be presented in microns or millimeters.  Often, coordinates are in a machine coordinate system.  The first four or eight points for each photograph are the fiducial measurements.  Upon importing JFK measurements, Vr recomputes the inner orientation so the coordinates in the file may be converted to millimeters. The order that the fiducial points were read in aerial triangulation must be entered and it is suggested that the USGS point number sequence be used when measuring these points in aerial triangulation.

 

Format example:

 

1  1    1  394005  394013

1  1    2  606000  606008

1  1    3  394000  606011

1  1    4  606004  394013

1  132761  435628  544371

1  132762  415034  522530

1  132763  456432  498834

1  1 1011  500711  602651

1  1 1012  500646  559562

1  1 1013  500501  553826

1  1 1021  586181  544371

1  1 1022  588259  522530

1  1 1023  584832  498834

1  1  374  564371  544390

1  1  375  584965  540962

1  1  801  562101  496860

1  1  802  556680  553263

 

Description:

Strip number:  0 -  4   4 chars

Photo number:  4 -  6   3 chars

Point name:    7 - 11   5 chars

X:            12 - 19   8 chars

Y:            20 - 27   8 chars

 

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ISAT Measurement File Format

The coordinates are normally represented in millimeters and there a two pair of measurements for each point.

The Location of the Strip Number

Strip and photo number may be encoded in the field after the "photo_measurements" keyword. Alternately, the photo number alone may be stored here and the strip number is located after the "strip_id" keyword.

 

Encoded With the Photo Number - In the following example, the strip and photo numbers are encoded in the same field as the "photo_measurements" keyword, resulting in a strip number of 333 and a photo number of 4.

 

begin photo_measurements 333_04 strip_id 333 version 2.0

 

After the "strip_id" Keyword - In the following example, the photo number is defined after the "photo_measurements" keyword and the strip number is defined after the "strip_id" keyword, resulting in a strip number of 333 and a photo number of 4.

 

begin photo_measurements 04 strip_id 333 version 2.0

 

In any case, the Vr Mapping software prompts the user for the strip number location when needed.

 

Format example:

 

begin photo_measurements 333_04 strip_id 333 version 2.0

 102  -88.223459  -54.48708   -88.21914   -54.485536  1 0

 202  -88.22346   -54.486643  -88.219141  -54.485099  1 0

 130  -90.547583  88.019566   -90.542839  88.016663   1 0

 103  47.460939   -28.304471  47.46056    -28.30407   1 0

 203  47.459191   -28.306224  47.458812   -28.305823  1 0

 33030 -93.935157 -25.859113  -93.930286  -25.858331  1 0

 33031 -100.47029 69.43473    -100.46501  69.43212    1 0

 33033 -99.97721  69.843071   -99.971954  69.840451   1 0

 33032 -99.925894 -77.858603  -99.921382  -77.857109  1 0

 33034 -104.82956 -80.321189  -104.8249   -80.319784  1 0

 33040 -0.55964746 -8.5576488  -0.55961614 -8.5573221  1 0

 33041 -10.922536 90.767633   -10.92116   90.765257   1 0

 33043 -6.903269  96.243403   -6.9018842  96.241167   1 0

 33042  2.7350342 -69.753146  2.735623    -69.751729  1 0

 33044  4.2095274 -69.864267  4.2100893   -69.86288   1 0

 33050 71.912829  9.8773264   71.913098   9.8771497   1 0

 33051 81.140142  83.422012   81.142934   83.422727   1 0

 33052 81.649493  -76.860884  81.652592   -76.862506  1 0

 6001 53.335374   -22.283994  53.335054   -22.283749  1 0

 6002 60.035923   -19.217072  60.035789   -19.216948  1 0

 6003 88.107365   -18.523815  88.109033   -18.524119  1 0

 6004 93.966025   -18.909729  93.968263   -18.910138  1 0

 6005 95.200412   -13.861172  95.202697   -13.861531  1 0

 6006 83.691161   -13.863357  83.69238    -13.863561  1 0

 6007 68.450912   -14.366451  68.451108   -14.366464  1 0

 6008 61.215586   -17.45878   61.215476   -17.458685  1 0

 6009 53.595521   -14.765279  53.595114   -14.765122  1 0

 6010 71.401473   -11.362814  71.401802   -11.362872  1 0

 6011 86.704885   -4.9812579  86.706267   -4.9814476  1 0

 6012 71.737042   5.1825883   71.737305   5.1824424   1 0

 6013 75.166358   -25.993112  75.167144   -25.993234  1 0

 6014 93.554794   -30.308202  93.557233   -30.308791  1 0

 6015 69.879982   -35.217456  69.880641   -35.217514  1 0

end photo_measurements

 

Description:

Field 1  - Point name

Field 2 – X coordinate

Field 3 – Y coordinate

Field 4 – X coordinate

Field 5 – Y coordinate

 

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PATB Measurement File Format

(.ptb) – The most common file format for point measurements. Most aerial triangulation programs can output this format. The coordinates in a PATB file may be in micros or millimeters. The easiest way to determine units is to look at the focal length in the second field on each photo name record. A focal length of similar magnitude to 153352.0 will indicate microns while a focal length of similar magnitude to 153.352 in indicate millimeters. The coordinates in the example below are in microns.

 

Format example:

 

01_01     153352.000          0

10010      -6620.441       2659.528         0

10012      -2315.185     -87815.725         0

10011       2189.424      90393.601         0

10022      97584.696     -89972.479         0

10020      95414.200      28553.299         0

HV23A      92335.855      80252.801         0

  -99

01_02     153352.000          0

10010    -101528.830       6362.794         0

10012     -97161.205     -83840.714         0

10011     -92053.394      94683.069         0

10022       2627.953     -85568.158         0

10030      95457.685     -34333.063         0

10031      94577.448      89272.723         0

10032      82389.838    -100853.220         0

10020       1994.823      32149.234         0

HV23A      -1128.292      84051.952         0

  -99

 

Notes:

- The photo line (precedes list of points) must contain strip-photo name in first field,

 and a 0 or 1 if the 3rd field must exist.

- The 4th field on the coordinate is optional

- Photo names must match the specified input format

- Point names may be numbers or names NOTE: There is no strip designation in the PATB file

- Each photo is terminated with a point name of –99 (not required)

 

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ALBANY Measurement File Format

(.icr) – This is another common file format for point measurements. Most aerial triangulation programs can output this format.  The coordinates in a ALBANY file may be in microns or millimeters.  The easiest way to determine the units is to look at the focal length in the fifth field on first record for each photo.  A focal length of magnitude similar to 152673.0 indicates microns while a focal length of magnitude similar to 152.673 indicates millimeters.  The coordinates in the example below are in millimeters.

 

Format example:

 

2  13         0 0     152.673        .000      .000

2  13        33 0     -70.745      72.775      .000

2  13       108 0      11.430      40.554      .000

2  13       176 0     -45.256    -100.547      .000

2  13      1051 0     -67.553     -96.527      .000

2  13      1061 0      15.520    -105.421      .000

2  13      2121 0     -71.696      75.076      .000

2  13      2122 0     -68.741      -7.373      .000

2  13      2123 0     -67.538     -96.541      .000

2  13      2131 0      11.149      98.604      .000

2  13      2132 0      -2.860      27.499      .000

2  13      2133 0      15.510    -105.424      .000

2  13      4082 0     -70.560     -19.258      .000

2  12         0 0     152.673        .000      .000

2  12        21 0     -69.577     -80.242      .000

2  12        33 0       5.606      78.743      .000

2  12       108 0      88.496      46.671      .000

2  12       176 0      33.294     -93.886      .000

2  12      1041 0     -63.319     -73.209      .000

2  12      1051 0      11.074     -90.166      .000

2  12      1061 0      93.484     -98.102      .000

2  12      2111 0     -74.637      83.657      .000

2  12      2112 0     -73.999      -3.280      .000

2  12      2121 0       4.586      81.071      .000

2  12      2122 0       8.614      -1.932      .000

2  12      2123 0      11.089     -90.180      .000

2  12      2131 0      87.788     105.447      .000

2  12      2132 0      74.303      33.448      .000

2  12      2133 0      93.474     -98.105      .000

2  12      4082 0       7.016     -13.799      .000

 

Definition:

Field 1 – Strip number

Field 2 – Photo number

Field 3 – Point Number (0 Means the focal length is in the X field)

Field 4 – Not used

Field 5 – X coordinate

Field 6 – Y coordinate

Field 7 – Not used

 

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ISBBA Measurement File Format

This format is commonly used by SoftPlotter.

 

Fromat example:

 

** ISBBA image coordinate data ***

***

*** file name D:/12762-1grant//block/12762-1.ISBBA/IMAGE.DAT

***

*** data source SoftPlotter 4.0

***

1

1-1c

1012        3.075      -23.137

58        -24.894      -56.993

1021      -95.234      -46.531

1011       -0.870      -73.799

53       -105.578      -39.682

59        -16.912       -4.766

1022      -96.304        5.440

51        -77.204       37.841

57        -72.808      -40.258

1013        0.552       38.587

1023      -94.155       51.627

-99

1-2c

58         67.540      -53.370

1022       -5.451       10.793

1023       -3.503       58.069

57         18.059      -35.766

1021       -5.013      -41.768

52        -34.854       -7.483

1013       95.717       44.240

1012       97.223      -19.365

1032      -91.183       -1.213

53        -15.630      -34.736

1011       92.172      -70.744

51         13.978       43.814

1031      -83.426      -45.247

50        -34.060       40.378

1033      -83.017       54.921

59         76.639       -0.355

-99

1-3c

1023       93.011       62.148

1022       91.285       13.377

52         59.645       -5.671

1021       91.032      -40.537

53         79.846      -33.432

51        111.354       47.565

1033        8.644       58.189

1032        0.153        0.268

1031        9.797      -44.792

50         60.523       43.597

-99

-999

 

Definition

Field 1 – Photo name or point name (-99 = End of photo -999 = End of job)

Field 2 – X coordinate

Field 3 – Y coordinate

 

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ORIMA Measurement File Format

 

Format example:

 

   1_3   2_2_11    19.5207   -64.5603   0   N

   1_3   2_3_13    34.4873  -119.0402   0   N

   1_3    2_1_8    10.6301   -37.6484   0   M

   1_3   2_1_14   -20.0428   -46.0351   0   M

   1_3    2_1_5   -94.9184   -13.1161   0   N

   1_3   2_1_17  -105.2247  -112.9695   0   N

   1_4    1_3-3   -71.7986   -88.6343   0   M

   1_4    1_4-3     2.6107   -86.6616   0   M

   1_4    1_5-3    87.4736   -87.6902   0   M

   1_4     4326    -7.5582    27.0686   0   M

   1_4     4327    24.3368   -63.3050   0   M

   1_4     4329   -51.9367   -56.5482   0   M

   1_4     4335  -104.6063   -69.5853   0   M

   1_4    1_2_4  -105.4197   117.1721   0   N

   1_4    1_2_5   -67.8985   100.3433   0   M

   1_4    1_2_6   -74.6294   107.7340   0   M

 

Field Descriptions:

1 - Photo name

2 - Point name

3 - X coordinate

4 - Y coordinate

5 - ??

6 - Measure flag M=Measured N=Not Measured D=Disregard

 

Notes:

This format is commonly used by SOCET SET

 

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MATCH-AT Measurement File Format

(.prj) – This file is written from the MATCH-AT aerial triangulation program. Typically, this single file contains information to import interior orientations, orientations from measurements, and orientations from exterior orientations.  The following is an example of the format for the measurement area of the project file. Each photograph in the project file contains a $PHOTO record which indicates the start of photograph parameters. The measurement section of each $PHOTO starts with the $PHOTO POINTS : record.

 

Format example:

 

  $PHOTO_POINTS :

    101           7.26132        70.06186   1.00  1 { * }

    104           1.35889       -63.66409   1.00  1 { * }

    9001         -0.26552       -80.54105   1.00  2 { * }

    9002          3.64609        -0.74474   1.00  2 { * }

    9003         -1.46410        81.74808   1.00  2 { * }

    9004         87.16268        81.69672   1.00  2 { * }

    9005         87.91409        -3.76749   1.00  2 { * }

    9006         89.27521       -81.72300   1.00  2 { * }

  $END_POINTS

 

Field Descriptions:

1 – Point name

2 – X photo coordinate

3 – Y photo coordinate

 

Notes:

The MATCH-AT project also contains the measurements for interior orientations.

 

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VrAt Measurement File Format

(.vat) – This file may be written from the Cardinal Systems Vr Air Trig program (VrAt).  Coordinates may be in microns or millimeters. Point names may be output as names or numbers.

 

Format example:

 

# VrTwo Air Trig Measurement Export File

# FileName: E:\Jobs\ManAtControl\ManAt.vat

# Units   : Millimeters

# Date    : 30-Jul-2004 20:00:54

#

Pho         2013     152.6730

Pnt        02131      11.1487      98.6042

Pnt        02132      -2.8599      27.4994

Pnt        02133      15.5102    -105.4237

Pnt        02121     -71.6956      75.0761

Pnt        02122     -68.7412      -7.3727

Pnt        02123     -67.5377     -96.5406

Pnt           33     -70.7452      72.7753

Pnt         4082     -70.5599     -19.2580

Pnt          108      11.4295      40.5537

Pnt        01061      15.5199    -105.4212

Pnt        01051     -67.5527     -96.5268

Pnt          176     -45.2563    -100.5470

End

Pho         2012     152.6730

Pnt        02121       4.5857      81.0707

Pnt        02122       8.6144      -1.9320

Pnt        02123      11.0894     -90.1799

Pnt        02111     -74.6367      83.6569

Pnt        02112     -73.9989      -3.2800

Pnt        02131      87.7877     105.4474

Pnt        02132      74.3027      33.4480

Pnt        02133      93.4742     -98.1047

Pnt           33       5.6058      78.7429

Pnt         4082       7.0155     -13.7986

Pnt          108      88.4956      46.6711

Pnt        01041     -63.3187     -73.2092

Pnt        01051      11.0745     -90.1661

Pnt           21     -69.5766     -80.2417

Pnt        01061      93.4839     -98.1022

Pnt          176      33.2945     -93.8862

End

 

Description:

Field 1 – Keyword

         Pho – Photo name record

         Pnt  – Point record

         End – End of photo record

Field 2 – Photo number/name or Point number/name

Field 3 – X coordinate or focal length

Filed 4 – Y coordinate

 

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Exterior Orientation File Formats

The following are the supported file formats for importing orientations using exterior orientations from aerial triangulation:

 

AeroSys
Agisoft        
ALBANY
Applanix      
BINGO
ISAT EO file
ISAT ‘photo’ file
JFK
MATCH-AT
Pix4D
PATB

 

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ALBANY Exterior Orientation File Format

(.opm) – Each photo consists of two records.

 

Format example:

 

   1   3         1   1847839.844  727097.439  5176.269 .152673E+03

   1   3         1        -.2471      -.9274    -.9588

   2  10         1   1847877.219  731502.554  5155.066 .152673E+03

   2  10         1        1.3715      -.5810   -5.0702

   1   4         1   1850122.336  726831.159  5151.653 .152673E+03

   1   4         1         .1069       .3669   -2.8769

   2  11         1   1850502.820  731357.482  5167.058 .152673E+03

   2  11         1         .7268      -.1776   -5.9014

   1   5         1   1852361.929  726573.614  5114.480 .152673E+03

   1   5         1         .3401       .6811   -4.0090

   2  12         1   1852741.687  731250.353  5158.552 .152673E+03

   2  12         1         .1342       .0886   -5.6188

   1   6         1   1854698.052  726385.497  5100.644 .152673E+03

   1   6         1        1.1706       .0001   -3.5862

   2  13         1   1854955.754  731158.172  5148.728 .152673E+03

   2  13         1        1.1115       .1982   -5.1572

 

Description:

Record 1:        StripNumber  PhotoNumber  CameraNumber X   Y   Z   FocalLength

Record 2:        StripNumber  PhotoNumber  CameraNumber Omega  Phi  Kappa  Focal Length

 

Notes:

Angular units are in gons (400 gons in a circle).

 

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APPLANIX Exterior Orientation File Format

(.txt) – This data is normally generated by the Applanix POS AV, which is designed for direct georeferencing of airborne sensor data.

 

Format example:

 

V04-0002      

1-4 44  316874.922102 1362855.429  384127.781 3709.728    0.94063   -0.23136  143.22672 38.72129092 -76.82291895

1-3 45  316882.731476 1364562.264  382832.892 3750.831    0.23227   -0.38762  142.48098 38.71772614 -76.81694558

1-2 46  316890.538878 1366292.052  381515.545 3718.110    1.16006    0.18896  142.38096 38.71409925 -76.81089252

1-1 47  316898.346788 1368056.631  380175.348 3726.714    0.52973    0.13071  143.47279 38.71040911 -76.80471832

 

Description:

Id#  Event  Time  Easting  Northing  OrthometricHeight  Omega  Phi  Kappa  Lat  Long

 

Notes:

Positions are in US Survey Feet

Angular units are in Degrees

Latitude and longitude are in degrees

There are 11 fields

 

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PATB Exterior Orientation File Format

(.ptb) –  Most common file format for exterior orientations.  X, Y and Z rotations are expressed as a 2x3 matrix. It is the duty of the importing application to apply these as Omega, Phi and Kappa. In some applications, these need to be computed differently. There are two forms of this rotation matrix: Normal and Transposed. Care most be taken to determine to form to be used when importing.

 

Format example:

 

           624               1    536576.24017    351204.09808      1825.68406

0.999936589007  0.002767531961 -0.010915985152 -0.002541494792  0.999783188939

0.020666782968  0.010970814428 -0.020637729547  0.999726825363

 

Description:

Record 1:        PhotoName  Number   X   Y   Z

Record 2:        Matrix00  Matrix01  Matrix02  Matrix10  Matrix11

Record 3:        Matrix12  Matrix20  Matrix21  Matrix22

 

Notes:

On record 1 the PhotoName field may include the strip number and the photo number.

 

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JFK Exterior Orientation File Format

(ASOP) – Each photograph consists of two records.

 

Format example:

 

7   17  -153.672

.0110250     .0019448     .5957646  674222.6243  157773.6886    3567.8489

7   18  -153.672

.0043957     .0055597     .6030570  676023.9183  158952.3540    3560.7434

7   19  -153.672

.0161876     .0102126     .6075526  677847.2048  160154.7148    3553.8859

7   20  -153.672

.0012838     .0043296     .5857654  679688.1069  161333.1414    3545.1678

7   21  -153.672

.0115458     .0102823     .5996792  681493.1207  162501.6403    3537.0296

-9999-9999      .000

.0000000     .0000000     .0000000        .0000        .0000        .0000

 

Description:

Record 1:        Strip# Photo# FocalLength

Record 2:        Omega         Phi       Kappa     X     Y     Z  (Omega, Phi and Kappa are in radians)

 

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AeroSys Exterior Orientation File Format

(.orn) – A straightforward exterior orientation format from the AeroSys aerial triangulation program. Each photograph is represented by a single record and consists of seven fields.

 

Format example:

 

      7_7      -2.6597385       1.6103960     357.7080606     2125691.498      318349.957       12772.757

      7_8      -3.0342212       1.1245021       0.5449938     2133020.447      318454.700       12695.503

      7_9      -4.8047193       0.8845449     358.2169991     2140224.146      318583.495       12644.638

 

Description:

PhotoName  Omega  Phi  Kappa  X  Y  Z (Omega, Phi and Kappa are in degrees)

 

 

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ISAT Exterior Orientation (EO) File Format

(.txt) – A straightforward exterior orientation format from the Zi ISAT aerial triangulation program. Each photograph is represented by a single record and consists of seven or eight fields. There are two formats supported.  In the first format the image name is the first field.  In the second format allows the strip number and photo numbers are separate fields.

 

Format example 1: – The first field is the image name.

 

031_0001   5667886.688208  3579941.997080   7159.144314      0.285997      0.728775     92.988155      

031_0002   5667844.561584  3581335.968222   7163.901070      0.298336      0.408295     93.116062      

031_0003   5667799.305835  3582724.728548   7161.813480      0.238260      0.485285     93.070630      

031_0004   5667756.411109  3584089.983826   7160.137499      0.171293      0.479130     93.034557      

031_0005   5667700.712945  3585487.054886   7160.211317      0.168707      0.839874     93.051858      

031_0006   5667640.201801  3586888.124670   7163.379174      0.122775      0.590436     93.081764      

031_0007   5667578.982333  3588241.886039   7157.674675      0.291043      0.615208     93.047606

 

Description:

PhotoName  X  Y  Z  Omega  Phi  Kappa

 

Notes:

Omega, Phi and Kappa are in Degrees.

 

Formate example 2: – The strip number and photo number are the first two fields and are separate fields.

 

1       01  633705.956334 1017713.325913   3541.001341     -0.702746     -0.000747    100.680568      

1       02  633496.207135 1018781.760240   3538.289389     -0.894707      0.495368    100.684087      

1       03  633304.373459 1019850.278542   3532.097127     -1.088651      0.897845     99.434971      

1       04  633117.825673 1020921.151394   3523.881157     -1.231190      0.642604     99.145017      

1       05  632925.579523 1021991.113322   3524.220192     -1.255064      0.768036     99.022190      

2       01  633468.547313 1020918.384979   3549.197971     -1.224473     -0.268553    106.302039      

2       02  633165.820739 1021965.957745   3539.301372     -1.149814     -0.751714    106.807604      

2       03  632851.492305 1023006.306754   3521.964589     -1.193166     -0.430256    106.634191      

2       04  632527.832675 1024042.597472   3515.093004     -1.156498     -0.188606    105.367713      

2       05  632210.803841 1025078.541290   3516.157405     -1.076264      0.333229    106.172133      

2       06  631900.424338 1026119.587659   3519.847944     -0.929761      0.595129    105.864054      

2       07  631588.675331 1027162.319801   3519.625081     -0.924996      0.529891    105.556226      

2       08  631275.629956 1028201.401227   3521.137015     -0.770315      0.640636    105.468230      

2       09  630968.182960 1029245.315282   3516.320396     -0.853725      0.934265    105.387964      

2       10  630675.032675 1030294.244445   3529.544602     -0.767745      1.037869    105.198169      

2       11  630368.161149 1031336.989654   3542.560870     -0.527731      0.712043    105.122843      

 

Description:

Strip#  Photo#  X  Y  Z  Omega  Phi  Kappa

 

Notes:

Omega, Phi and Kappa are in Degrees.

 

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BINGO Exterior Orientation File Format

(.dat) – A straightforward exterior orientation format. The strip and photo number are encoded into the second field on each record.

 

Format example:

 

      *   <___Photo_No.__><___Easting__><__Northing__><__Height_><___Phi__><__Omega_><__Kappa_><___Camera_No._>

 

      ORIA             1_1    852893.468    684552.371   7067.864    0.3494    1.0546 -198.6821               1

      ORIA             1_2    850824.533    684530.943   7071.312    0.7187   -1.4112  199.2191               1

      ORIA             1_3    848733.011    684566.042   7074.635    0.1749    0.2428  199.4276               1

      ORIA             1_4    846485.544    684602.141   7080.482    0.3974   -0.3179  198.8533               1

      ORIA             1_5    844278.048    684627.307   7085.428    0.2825    0.6482 -199.6670               1

      ORIA             1_6    841901.398    684609.550   7079.849    0.2207    1.3450 -198.6737               1

      ORIA             1_7    839541.496    684565.046   7071.032    0.1814   -0.0088 -198.9776               1

      ORIA             1_8    837231.334    684558.243   7052.136    0.9195    0.4672 -199.2141               1

      ORIA             1_9    834982.746    684585.240   7068.398    0.7520    0.2598 -199.3627               1

      ORIA             2_1    811577.608    680691.395   6979.592    0.2341   -0.4994    1.0181               1

      ORIA             2_2    813918.739    680656.320   6992.619    0.7454    0.5083    1.1389               1

      ORIA             2_3    816279.883    680619.385   6981.092    0.2130   -1.1934    2.3833               1

      ORIA             2_4    818576.202    680646.701   6976.845   -0.1283   -1.3106    4.1881               1

      ORIA             2_5    820853.737    680713.271   6974.089    0.5515    1.5602    1.6802               1

      ORIA             2_6    823139.581    680702.804   6964.884   -0.7140    0.5245    1.4939               1

      ORIA             2_7    825410.346    680666.215   6976.134   -0.2926   -0.3230    2.5644               1

      ORIA             2_8    827776.013    680649.544   6980.163   -0.4536   -0.1735    3.1452               1

      ORIA             2_9    830128.589    680653.406   6984.985   -0.3665    0.0649    3.7909               1     

   

Notes:

The Bingo EO file is commonly named itera.dat.

The angular units of the rotation angles are gons (0-400)

 

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ISAT ‘photo’ File Exterior Orientation File Format

(photo) – This file is normally called ‘photo’ and contains most parameters from the aerial triangulation process. The exterior orientations for each photo are stored in the photo_parameters and the EO_parameters keyword contains the six photo transformation values.  Strip and the photo numbers are encoded in the field after the "begin_photo_parameters" keyword. Alternately, the photo number alone may be stored in this location and the strip number be defined after the "strip_id" keyword. In any case the Vr Mapping software will prompt the user for the strip number location when using this format.

 

Format example:

 

   begin photo_parameters 3_7  strip_id 3

   camera_name:   Dimac55mm

   camera_orientation:  1

   image_id: X:\P0702310_Goochland_County_VA\2_IMAGES\CIR\3_7.tif

   GPS_TimeStamp: 136970.85       

   view_geometry: nadir

   std_dev: 0.005000

   EO_parameters: 11655866.98965532 3820131.645322843 11830.78862899709 -2.877770640188788 5.282889728689369 -110.0761757166757

   GIVEN_parameters:    11655867.13035697 3820131.743683286 11830.79926086803 -2.878252793333804 5.283451192187271 -110.0756898781241

   GIVEN_std_devs: 150              150              50               0.5              0.5               0.5             

   footprint: 11652984.831401 3825616.884040 11660094.406308 3822977.702328 11656634.363078 3813498.160367 11649524.788171 3816137.342079

   active_elevation: 346.533960

   DRIVE_type: collinearity

   image_size:    7228 5428

   sensor_id:     -1

   end photo_parameters

 

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MATCH-AT Exterior Orientation File Format

(.prj) – This file is written from the MATCH-AT aerial triangulation program. Typically, this single file contains information to import Interior Orientations, orientations from measurements, and orientations from exterior orientations.  The following is an example of the format for the exterior orientation area of the project file. Each photograph in the project file contains a $PHOTO record which indicates the start of photograph parameters. The exterior orientation section of each $PHOTO starts with the $EXT_ORI : record.

 

NOTE: The MATCH-AT project also contains the measurements for interior orientations.

 

Format example:

 

$EXT_ORI : 08:09:13 04/09/2007

       153.81000    314469.26800    200635.63600      7759.94900

       0.999041307739       0.043313766030      -0.006354770206

      -0.043402462035       0.998951636657      -0.014555202183

       0.005717667476       0.014817060896       0.999873873539

 

Field Descriptions:

Record 1 – Field 1 – Focal length

Record 1 – Field 2 – X coordinate

Record 1 – Field 3 – Y coordinate

Record 1 – Field 4 – Z coordinate

Records 2-4 – 3x3 non-transposed exterior orientation transformation matrix.

 

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Pix4D Exterior Orientation File Format

This file is typically named *calibrated_external_camera_parameters.txt.  The formatting is actually functional identical to ISAT (the first seven columns are identical) and could also be imported as flat file.  It is lists separately in the utility and on this help page to avoid confusion.

 

Format Example:

 

imageName X Y Z Omega Phi Kappa X_sigma Y_sigma Z_sigma Omega_sigma Phi_sigma Kappa_sigma

DJI_0002.JPG 1601886.053562 699584.147880 1326.397055 -1.605578 -0.462960 -3.821322 0.195913 0.232756 0.270359 0.037839 0.034801 0.013411

DJI_0003.JPG 1601889.741588 699647.303941 1325.953421 -0.814899 -0.694407 -3.312492 0.185615 0.207104 0.246333 0.033587 0.033278 0.011495

DJI_0004.JPG 1601895.390787 699709.494654 1326.550973 -0.335060 -0.838878 -2.794116 0.183440 0.197417 0.227554 0.032398 0.032840 0.010506

DJI_0005.JPG 1601899.938886 699774.992118 1328.756499 -0.025726 -0.975937 -2.580833 0.176544 0.189069 0.209221 0.031044 0.031674 0.009793

DJI_0006.JPG 1601904.266747 699834.768904 1330.098277 0.306142 -1.319610 -2.414182 0.173473 0.175605 0.194108 0.028386 0.030620 0.009511

DJI_0007.JPG 1601909.181113 699898.074241 1329.351964 0.495125 -1.495394 -1.970121 0.175119 0.181809 0.180136 0.029685 0.030721 0.009546

DJI_0008.JPG 1601914.370060 699961.468493 1328.254365 0.465419 -1.705420 -1.367907 0.184001 0.190870 0.168143 0.031190 0.031846 0.010070

DJI_0009.JPG 1601920.018127 700025.537496 1326.348990 0.339293 -2.062385 -0.503207 0.169692 0.171119 0.154187 0.027856 0.029131 0.009303

DJI_0010.JPG 1601925.843783 700089.273644 1325.046337 0.268445 -2.279582 0.033360 0.166168 0.162861 0.142573 0.026569 0.028279 0.008993

DJI_0011.JPG 1601930.238091 700154.536503 1326.451264 0.292907 -2.649587 0.712547 0.168422 0.169298 0.131505 0.027970 0.028145 0.009401

DJI_0012.JPG 1601933.754677 700217.910766 1327.980674 0.443966 -3.160493 2.039419 0.170322 0.166664 0.120778 0.028075 0.027821 0.009296

DJI_0013.JPG 1601940.806730 700281.496621 1327.744621 0.320311 -2.772126 2.785600 0.171723 0.163744 0.112661 0.027945 0.027669 0.009405

DJI_0014.JPG 1601947.348924 700344.680769 1327.271734 0.220593 -2.064149 2.242675 0.172986 0.155008 0.104291 0.026597 0.027783 0.009117

DJI_0015.JPG 1601951.768430 700407.307158 1326.123770 0.166306 -1.623274 1.174368 0.172210 0.153686 0.097479 0.026075 0.028132 0.009096

DJI_0016.JPG 1601957.426504 700469.981477 1325.374132 0.130986 -1.335922 0.380733 0.171248 0.146534 0.091819 0.024302 0.028282 0.009006

DJI_0017.JPG 1601963.468861 700532.881857 1325.741258 0.092435 -1.057470 -0.435225 0.167174 0.145371 0.086148 0.023315 0.027809 0.008693

DJI_0018.JPG 1601969.192215 700596.505770 1328.043061 0.055427 -0.843369 -1.099082 0.171274 0.153851 0.082897 0.024577 0.028177 0.008946

DJI_0019.JPG 1601973.589395 700663.085870 1329.508171 0.045825 -0.876641 -1.538249 0.169938 0.156382 0.079024 0.024637 0.027670 0.008987

DJI_0020.JPG 1601979.254916 700726.847739 1328.356795 -0.002665 -0.891037 -1.610981 0.169481 0.151864 0.075215 0.023744 0.027541 0.008805

DJI_0021.JPG 1601985.771284 700792.059263 1325.580294 -0.084989 -0.934159 -1.939107 0.163820 0.148141 0.070935 0.022961 0.027070 0.008526

 

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Agisoft Exterior Orientation File Format

 

Agisoft exports a Bingo formatted exterior orientation (EO) file that can be imported.  The file name will be similar to "Camera Positions 2258-2265_2323-2330 (Bingo).dat".

 

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