Large-Area Photo-Mosaicking tool (LAPM tool)

This paper presents a new tool for large-area photo-mosaicking (LAPM tool). This tool was developed specifically for the purpose of underwater mosaicking, and it is aimed at providing end-user scientists with an easy and robust way to construct large photo-mosaics from any set of images. It is notably capable of constructing mosaics with an unlimited number of images on any modern computer (minimum 1.30 GHz, 2 GB RAM). The mosaicking process can rely on both feature matching and navigation data. This is complemented by an intuitive graphical user interface, which gives the user the ability to select feature matches between any pair of overlapping images. Finally, mosaic files are given geographic attributes that permit direct import into ArcGIS. So far, the LAPM tool has been successfully used to construct geo-referenced photo-mosaics with photo and video material from several scientific cruises. […]

本研究论文提出了一种新型的大面积摄影镶嵌（LAPM工具）工具。该工具专为水下镶嵌而开发，旨在为终端用户科学家提供一种便捷且稳固的方法，以构建由任何一组图像组成的大面积摄影镶嵌。它显著的特点是能够在任何现代计算机（最低配置为1.30 GHz处理器，2 GB内存）上构建包含无限数量图像的镶嵌。镶嵌过程可依赖于特征匹配和导航数据。此外，它还配备了直观的图形用户界面，使用户能够选择任意一对重叠图像之间的特征匹配。最终，镶嵌文件被赋予地理属性，允许直接导入至ArcGIS软件。迄今为止，LAPM工具已成功应用于从数个科学巡航中获取的摄影和视频材料的地理参照摄影镶嵌构建中。...