Technologies and Applications of Photogrammetric 3D Mapping
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computer vision; photogrammetry; computational photography
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Interests: computer vision; image sensors; image sequences; mobile robots
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Three-dimensional mapping plays a critical role across a wide range of photogrammetric applications. Over the past decade, advances in data acquisition platforms, including aerial, terrestrial, and close-range systems—along with the widespread adoption of affordable imaging sensors—have significantly enriched the available sources of photogrammetric data. Meanwhile, the rapid evolution of key techniques, such as Structure from Motion (SfM) for offline image orientation, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for real-time navigation and mapping, and the integration of learning-driven methods such as Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) into the 3D reconstruction pipeline, has driven photogrammetry toward greater levels of automation, intelligence, and efficiency. Recent years have witnessed explosive progress in photogrammetric 3D mapping technologies and their expanded applications, ranging from traditional surveying and mapping to diverse fields such as autonomous navigation, infrastructure inspection, precision agriculture, and cultural heritage documentation.
This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest advances in photogrammetric technologies and their broad applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, optimized data acquisition strategies in complex environments, innovative algorithms for feature extraction and image matching across various modalities, advances in SfM and SLAM for robust image orientation, the incorporation of NeRF and 3DGS techniques into the 3D mapping workflows, and the practical applications of photogrammetric 3D mapping in areas such as structural health monitoring, automated inspection, environmental modeling, agricultural management, and archeological preservation.
Dr. Yizhen Lao
Dr. Omar Ait Aider
Dr. Fashuai Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photogrammetry
- camera orientation
- 3D mapping
- structure from motion
- simultaneous localization and mapping
- neural radiance fields
- 3D gaussian splatting
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