CPC G06T 17/05 (2013.01) [G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of images;
generating a three-dimensional (3D) model from the plurality of images, the 3D model including separately tagged one or more estimated view locations to distinguish the one or more estimated view locations from model points of the 3D model;
registering the 3D model to a geographic coordinate system as a first registered 3D model using the one or more estimated view locations; and
merging the first registered 3D model with a second registered 3D model to generate a merged 3D model, wherein the merging the first registered 3D model includes:
merging overlapping portions of the first registered 3D model with overlapping portions of the second registered 3D model; and
stitching together non-overlapping portions of the first registered 3D model with non-overlapping portions of the second registered 3D model.
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