Dr. Luigi Barazzetti

PERSONAL DATA:

Born Domodossola, Italy, 21st December 1981

EDUCATION:

February, 2011
PhD in Geomatics and Infrastructures

December, 2006
Master degree in Civil Engineering - Surveying and Monitoring

July, 2004
Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering

MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

Aerial photogrammetry: creation of true-orthophotos with LiDAR data, LiDAR data processing

Close-range photogrammetry: automatic orientation by combining photogrammetric and Computer Vision techniques, image matching, surface measurement, targetless camera calibration, automated scan registration, RGB-NIR-IR texture mapping

Vision metrology: development and implementation of image-based algorithms for measurement of deformations in material testing

Engineering surveying: deformation monitoring with standard and innovative geodetic measuring devices (total station, level, GPS, laser tracker, images, laser scanner, radar, etc.)

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

Since the academic year 2011/12 he is contract-professor of the courses "Elements of Photogrammetry" and "Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning for Site Assessment".

Since the academic year 2010/11 he is contract-professor of the course "Contribution of Surveying and Photogrammetry to Site Assessment".

Since the academic year 2006/2007 he held practical lessons, laboratories and tutoring for the following courses at Politecnico di Milano: "Numerical Cartography", "Introduction to GIS", "Photogrammetry", "Architectural Survey", "Urban and Environmental Relief", "Modern Surveying Techniques", "Topographic Surveying and Global Positioning System" and "Surveying and Monitoring Systems".

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PhD DISSERTION:
Politecnico di Milano, 2011

Automatic Tie Point Extraction from Markerless Image Blocks in Close-range Photogrammetry

Some datasets used

DATA AND FUNCTIONS:
phmo2pmvs converts exterior orientation parameters into a P-matrix camera model (x = PX), as described in A trip to Rome: physical replicas of historical objects created in a fully automated way from photos (run PMVS with images oriented with PhotoModeler)

Sample datasets

DATA AND FUNCTIONS:
Metric Rectifier (MR) allows metric properties of planar objects to be measured from images. Please refer to the paper Planar metric rectification via parallelograms, SPIE Videometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications, Munich, 23-26 May, 2011

DATA AND FUNCTIONS:
Level: Least Squares adjustment and simulation of geometric levelling networks