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Processing Coastal Imagery With Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, Version 1.6—Structure From Motion Workflow Documentation

Open-File Report 2021-1039
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211039

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Introduction

Structure from motion (SFM) has become an integral technique in coastal change assessment; the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) used Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition photogrammetry software to develop a workflow that processes coastline aerial imagery collected in response to storms since Hurricane Florence in 2018. This report details step-by-step instructions to create three-dimensional (3D) spatial products from both singular and repeated collections of shoreline aerial imagery. The products can be used for real-time hazard guidance and future forecasting and recovery endeavors.

Suggested Citation

Over, J.R., Ritchie, A.C., Kranenburg, C.J., Brown, J.A., Buscombe, D., Noble, T., Sherwood, C.R., Warrick, J.A., and Wernette, P.A., 2021, Processing coastal imagery with Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, version 1.6—Structure from motion workflow documentation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021–1039, 46 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211039.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Overview
  • Quick Start Guide
  • Metashape Professional Edition Settings
  • Starting a New Project
  • Building Products
  • Exporting Products and Error Reporting
  • Creating Compound Coordinate Reference Systems
  • Batch Processing
  • Limitations in the SFM Workflow
  • References Cited
  • Glossary
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Processing coastal imagery with Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, version 1.6—Structure from motion workflow documentation
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2021-1039
DOI 10.3133/ofr20211039
Year Published 2021
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Description viii, 46
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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