XIII Congress of the
International Society for Photogrammetry
Helsinki, 1976
Commission V
Invited Paper
K. B. ATKINSON
University College London
London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
A Review of Close-Range
Engineering Photogrammetry
Recent applications of close-range photogrammetry to
engineering, and some of the problems encountered, are
discussed.
INTRODUCTION bonnell, 1974) is the third in a comprehen-
sive series of reports on developments in ar-
chitectural photogrammetry which have
TIS POSSIBLE to gain a certain degree of satis-
faction from the achievements of Commis-
sion V of the International Society for Photo-
grammetry during recent years. Non-
topographic photogrammetry is being
applied in an ever increasing number of
ways. More and more measvrement prob-
lems are being solved by photogrammetric
techniques. In 1968, Commission V directed
taken place since Carbonnell (1969) gave an
invited paper to this Commission at the XIth
International Congress of Photogrammetry in
Lausanne. Attention has since been focussed
upon medical applications of photogram-
metry and the Commission V symposium in
1974 was devoted to this topic (Karara and
ABSTRACT: There is little doubt that photogrammetry will be applied to
an increasing extent in the solution of measurement problems in
engineering. Already there are indications that the number and vari-
ety of applications is growing. An attempt has been made to review
recently published examples, the majority of which have been re-
ported from the United Kingdom. They include the recording and
measurement of dam displacements, unstable geological structures,
snow cover, soil, structural and hydraulic models, constructional
problems, and box girder load tests. The paper concludes by indicat-
ing some of the problems which beset these applications of close-
range photogrammetry. Their solution would help to further the
wider acceptance of these techniques.
our attention towards the needs of architec-
ture, archaeology, and the conservation of
what is worthwhile of our man made herit-
age. The result was the establishment of the
International Committee on Architectural
Photogrammetry which has since fostered
developments in this field with conspicious
success. Their most recent publication (Car-
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING AND REMOTE SENSING,
Vol. 42, No. 1, January 1976, pp. 57-69.
Herron, 1974). An International Exploratory
Committee on Biomedical Photogrammetry
has since been seeking ways of furthering
this development.
It would appear that engineering or indus-
trial applications of photogrammetry might
offer a further rewarding field of activity.
Those who are in a pessimistic frame of mind
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