You may want to check some of my threads about making a map. But your scenario is worse than mine; my subject is truly 2 dimensional, so many perspective issues don't affect me.
They will affect you. I think you will need many shots, so that each shot (or part shot) that you use is nearly straight on. I seem to recall that some modern cameras can be operated in a full wifi remote tethered mode from Android/iOS phones. This would be helpful t you, I think. BugBear On 26 December 2014 at 13:50, TW <watti...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to make an accurate photo mosaic map of a large club size indoor > model railroad layout and I am wondering if the Hugin stitching application > can be put to good use here. > > I plan to mount a camera on a long pole with a remote shutter release and > take many overhead photos of the layout, with the camera as high up as > possible (4-5 feet above the track - limited by the ceiling height) > > and pointed directly down at the the track. Each photo will have a > different x-y location and the z location and the angular position may be > varying a bit as some places maybe be harder to reach than others, > > There will be a lot of miniature buildings, track structure, telephone > poles, cars, etc. so I think finding control points between neighboring > photos wont be too much of a problem. > > Has anyone done this using Hugin or similar apps. Any tips I should be > aware of? > > Cheers. > > > > -- > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/45d7604e-ecf8-4816-894c-165d061f89fa%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/45d7604e-ecf8-4816-894c-165d061f89fa%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/CAES-0n9TSHLDT2gmGs-83f2v%3DsSv3rToNMyP58M4koDHebicrw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
