Using structure-from-motion to create glacier DEMs and orthoimagery from historical terrestrial and oblique aerial imagery

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Mertes, Jordan, Gulley, Jason D., Benn, Douglas I., Thompson, Sarah S., Nicholson, Lindsey I.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 2017
• Subjects: Dem; glacier change; historic imagery; long term; structure-from-motion; Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences; Geological Engineering; Mining Engineering; Arctic; Brøggerhalvøya; Norway; Rhone; Rhone Glacier; glacier
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/3624; https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4188

Increased resolution and availability of remote sensing products, and advancements in small-scale aerial drone systems, allows observations of glacial changes at unprecedented levels of detail. Software developments, such as structure-from-motion (SfM), now allow users an easy and efficient method t...