Author(s)

Kyongil Woo, Adrian Onsen, WonSok Kim

Institute of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, Academy of Science, Pyongyang, DPRK.

In order to achieve efficient visualization of massive 3D photogrammetry models on the web-based virtual globe, original photogrammetry 3D models should be converted into 3D Tiles with accurate georeferencing information to render on the correct surface position. There are a few software tools and online platforms for generating 3D Tiles and various ways to generate 3D Tiles were reported, but none of them do not provide a way to georeference 3D Tiles with GCPs. This paper is intended to suggest an approach to georeference 3D Tiles with GCPs based on the Kabsch algorithm which is very similar to georeferencing raster data with GCPs in the traditional GIS. First, we mathematically describe how to apply the Kabsch algorithm for georeferencing 3D Tiles with GCPs. Following this description, we demonstrate our implementation allowing constructing GCPs and calculating the “transform” property of 3D Tiles. Finally, we tested the suggested method in Construkted Reality which is the platform to stream and visualize massive photogrammetry and point clouds datasets.

3D Tiles, GCP, Kabsch, 3D WebGIS, Cesium

Woo, K. , Onsen, A. and Kim, W. (2022) Georeferencing 3D Tiles Generated from Photogrammetry-Derived Mesh Using Ground Control Points. Journal of Geographic Information System, 14, 430-443. doi: 10.4236/jgis.2022.145023.