The following short article from Educause provides a nice overview of what photogrammetry is and how it is being used in educational settings:
https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/1/7-things-you-should-know-about-photogrammetry
Some highlights from the article:
- Discusses uses of photogrammetry by students at University of Wyndham:
- College of Criminal Justice using it to document crime scenes
- Aerial photogrammetry for auto accident scenes and fire-damaged buildings
- Working with DOD to create detailed studies of roadside bombs – to help make vehicles less vulnerable to IEDs
- In professional and continuing studies, many students who work in fields that have adopted this tech are seeking training – architecture, engineering, manufacturing, geology
- Archaeologists with Syrian Heritage Project are using photogrammetry to guide restoration of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra
- Down-sides:
- data collection and processing can be time-consuming
- rendered models can be incomplete
- Shiny and fast-moving objects difficult or impossible to capture
- Details such as color can be inexact
- Industry standards still evolving
- Intellectual property concerns
- Risk of misleading models
- Opportunities:
- Increase access to knowledge for learners with disabilities, particularly visual impairment.