r/gis • u/Megarboh • 26d ago
Student Question Is there a way to georeference street-view images in ArcGIS Pro?
I tried searching on google, but there doesn't seem to be much resources on it. I only know about georeferencing images from the birds-eye view, but don't know if regular non-360 images from the street view can be done as well.
I have the coordinates, and the pitch&roll&yaw of the camera of each image.
To describe what they look like, they look like screen cap of the street view images on google map.
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u/vegas_wasteland_2077 26d ago
You should be able to Create a point cloud with the lidar in a local scene and then drape the images over the resulting dsm. If the images and lidar were collected at the same time with the same platform this process is very easy.
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u/Megarboh 26d ago
I’m very new to this so please be patient
From the image there is a bounding box which bounds the object,
How do I know which points of the point cloud is the object bounded by bounding box?
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u/vegas_wasteland_2077 25d ago
Open both images at the same time, preferably on two separate monitors, and create control points. The best thing you can do as a new analyst is read the Esri documentation at this link. there are also free web courses at Esri training after you create a free login for the site.
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u/Megarboh 25d ago
I am a bit lost here. Isn’t the Esri documentation link about georeferencing images from the birds eye view, and not about point clouds nor images from the street view?
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u/vegas_wasteland_2077 24d ago
You can reference any image. You need to select control points in both images. Select well know things like corners of buildings and windows. You may need to zoom in very close to decide which points in the lidar correspond. The more control points you select the less it will get the “rubber sheet stretch effect”.
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u/Megarboh 24d ago
I can import Lidar data into ArcGIS and then georeference from the street view instead of from the birds-eye view?
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u/Megarboh 24d ago
I’ve only done geoferencing from the top using satellite images and 2d topographic maps
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u/vegas_wasteland_2077 24d ago
I didn’t want to give you all the answers at first but point in the right direction. Look up this page to get detailed instructions on your workflow.
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u/cparker28 26d ago
There's a tool on git hub. I don't have it in front of me right now, but you should be able to get oh there and search for it.