image2world develops and offers a monoplotting tool that integrates oblique photography into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for landscape analysis. This software enables researchers and professionals to study landscapes by extracting geospatial data from images, facilitating detailed environmental and geographical assessments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Traditional landscape analysis and GIS workflows often require specialized equipment and extensive training to extract geospatial data, especially when dealing with historical or oblique imagery. This can limit accessibility and efficiency for researchers and professionals needing detailed environmental and geographical assessments.
Solution
image2world offers a monoplotting software solution that integrates oblique photography into Geographic Information Systems (GIS), enabling users to derive 3D GIS data from common photographs. The software allows for georeferencing of historical and current, terrestrial and aerial imagery, facilitating the digitization of GIS elements directly onto the images. This process allows users to extract quantitative information and create 3D maps from photographs taken from various sources, including mobile phones and drones. image2world provides tools for orthorectification, image reprojection, and the creation of georeferenced cartographic documents, enhancing landscape study and analysis.
Target Audience
The primary audience includes researchers, environmental professionals, and GIS specialists involved in landscape analysis, natural hazard assessment, and historical cartography.
Features
- Enables the creation and use of georeferenced cartographic documents (orthophotos, pixel maps, raster data)
- Supports the creation and use of georeferenced photographic documents, allowing oblique terrestrial or aerial photographs to be used as 3D geographic maps
- Facilitates the digitization of standard GIS elements (points, lines, and polygons) on both orthorectified maps and oblique photographs
- Offers orthorectification of oblique photographs, particularly useful for near-orthogonal images from drones
- Allows reprojection of orthorectified maps onto oblique images, representing common geographic maps (raster) on photographs
- Provides reprojection of oblique images onto other oblique images, enabling comparison between photographs taken from similar positions across different time periods (rephotography)
- Supports native ESRI shapefile management and interoperability with major GIS software like ArcGIS and QGIS