Low-Cost Solution for Kinematic Mapping Using Spherical Camera and GNSS

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F25%3A00383727" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/25:00383727 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/app15115972" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/app15115972</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app15115972" target="_blank" >10.3390/app15115972</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Low-Cost Solution for Kinematic Mapping Using Spherical Camera and GNSS

Original language description

The use of spherical cameras for mapping purposes is a common application in surveying. Very expensive and high-quality cameras are used for surveying purposes and are supplemented by systems for determining their position. Cheap cameras, in most cases, only complement laser scanners, and the images are then used to color the laser point cloud. This article investigates the use of action cameras in combination with low-cost GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) equipment. The research involves the development of a methodology and software for georeferencing spherical images, created by the kinematic method, using GNSS RTK (Real-Time Kinematics) or PPK (Post-Processing Kinematics) coordinates. Testing was carried out in two case studies where the environment surveyed had varying properties. Considering that the images from the low-cost 360 camera are of lower quality, an artificial intelligence tool was used to improve the quality of the images. The point clouds from a low-cost device are compared with more accurate methods. One of them is the SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) method with the Faro Orbis device. The results in this work show sufficient accuracy and data quality for mapping purposes. Due to the very low price of the low-cost device used in this work, it is very easy to extend this method to practice.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Sciences

ISSN

2076-3417

e-ISSN

2076-3417

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001505756200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105007735221