Or you could maybe try to overlay it with a grid in the same perspective as the scene. I tried something like this:
http://users.pandora.be/vicmortelmans/tmp/6894839-lg.jpg But I don't think the perspective is correct... Groeten, Vic Lasse Karlsson wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm doing some research on the earliest constructions of my hometown, > Mariehamn. > > At the link below there is one very early photograph of the town, from > around 1870. In it there are still a number of houses, farms, of the village > where the town was founded in 1861. I'm trying to establish the exact > location of these constructions, so that I can draw them on a current map or > walk there and say: This is the south-west corner of that house, this is... > etc.. > > (The photograph, originally in B&W, is a "working copy" of mine, where I've > added a few things in color just to help me see various parts more clearly.) > > The constructions which I'm interested in, are to the left, on the hill, as > well as on the slope towards the photographer. > > I know, or will be able to pin down the exact locations of some houses, or > corners thereof. Some of these have been marked with a blue "x". > > Now, I believe that it should be possible, to actually determine the exact > locations of these buildings just by going by this photograph. (Let's say it > was shot with a lens equalling 50mm on 35mm film camera.) > > Am I correct or mistaken? > > If it's possible, can anybody help me out in how to go about doing it, or do > I have to redo my geometry classes? > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6894839&size=lg > > > Thanks for your comments, > Lasse. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
