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Tools & Addon Ecosystem

MODULE SYLLABUS
📖2 min read

Module Overview​

Est. time30 minutes
TypeTools
PrerequisitesModule 04 — Modeling from Matched Photos
Read firstTools & Addon Ecosystem — the module's lesson

Description​

This module is the tool survey for the method you've now practiced: the satellite/GIS tools that feed the georeferenced anchor and the camera-matching tools that produce the matched-camera anchor. It maps each tool to its place in the pipeline so you can choose the right one for a given source set.

What You'll Be Able to Do​

By the end of this module you will be able to:

  1. Identify the satellite/GIS tools used for the georeferenced baseline
  2. Identify the camera-matching tools for perspective solving
  3. Choose the right tool for a given source set and pipeline stage

What's Inside​

This module maps tools onto the two anchors you've already established:

Phase 1: Anchor Tools

The two sides of the method

Phase 2: The Add-ons

The specific tools in depth

Tools & Addon Ecosystem​

Tools & Addon Ecosystem: 5 min read

The module's lesson: the satellite/GIS tools (Anchor 1), the camera-matching tools (Anchor 2), and how they fit the pipeline.

You'll learn: The tool landscape for site reconstruction by camera matching and how to choose between tools.

fSpy​

fSpy: 3 min read

The vanishing-point camera estimation tool — imports a camera solution into Blender.

You'll learn: The primary tool of the camera-matching step.

Perspective Plotter​

Perspective Plotter: 3 min read

Real-time camera matching inside Blender.

You'll learn: An in-Blender alternative to the fSpy workflow.

BlenderGIS​

BlenderGIS: 3 min read

Imports satellite imagery and elevation data into Blender, georeferenced.

You'll learn: The bridge from GIS data to the Blender baseline.

QGIS​

QGIS: 4 min read

The desktop GIS used to source and prepare satellite/vector data before import.

You'll learn: How to prepare the geodata that feeds BlenderGIS and the baseline.

Resources​

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