Online Course – 3rd edition
Introduction to Photogrammetry
1st-10th of June, 2022
This course will be delivered live online
Online live sessions on 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th and 10th of June, from 14:00 to 17:30 (Madrid time zone).
Course Overview
This course is addressed to researchers and technicians who work with complex structures and need to digitize their samples for different reasons, such as digital preservation, geometric morphometrics, biomechanics analyses, etc.
The goal of this course is to explain how you can obtain 3D virtual models from surfaces, using photogrammetry. These techniques and technologies offer the possibility to obtain 3D models of the external morphology of the samples including colour and texture of a wide size range of specimens with medium – low cost and fast approaches.
By the end of this course, participants should be able to obtain high-quality digitalization of samples with the most commonly used techniques.
They will also be able to edit and manipulate the digital models to prepare them for use in typical analytical software.
Main software that you will use during the course: Reality Capture, Agisoft Metashape, GOMinspect and Meshmixer. Temporal licences will be provided for the course.
Requirements
All participants must have a computer (Windows, Macintosh, Linux). Webcam and headphones are strongly recommended, as well as a good internet connection. You will need a camera to do the exercises.
As for the equipment, we are listing from the ideal thing you may have for your research, to the minimum you need to do the practice in case you do not have access now to the ideal ones:
IDEAL: DSLR or mirrorless camera with a wide-angle lens with short minimum distance, matching LED light ring (best: SL-108).
OK: digital camera with LED light ring.
Absolute minimum: good cell phone camera.
IDEAL: Dedicated photogrammetry scale bars.
OK: any other measure, e.g. labeled cm scale.
IDEAL: turntable, ethafoam or similar, 6 to 8 raw-wooden chopsticks
OK: styrofoam, 6 to 8 chopsticks
Contact
Dates
1st-10th of June, 2022
Schedule and Course length
Online live sessions on 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th and 10th of June, from 14:00 to 17:30 (Madrid time zone).
The rest of the time participants will be working on their own projects, between the live sessions.
30 hours
17.5 hours of online live lessons, plus 12.5 hours of participants working on their own projects between the live sessions.
This course is equivalent to 1 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School.
The recognition of ECTS by other institutions depends on each university or school.
Language
English
Places
Places are limited to 16 participants and will be occupied by strict registration order.
Participants who have completed the course will receive a certificate at the end of it.
Dr. Haris Saslis
Transmitting Science
Greece
Dr. Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno
Transmitting Science
Spain
Contact: courses@transmittingscience.com
Program
Click here to see the full Program
Data acquisition (macro to m scale)
Basics of the Structure from Motion (SFM) method: what data does it require?
- Photography for SFM:
- Camera settings
- Specimen preparation & support materials
- Image capture methods with static or moving camera
- Scale bar usage
- Difficult cases: tiny, shiny, or otherwise problematic cases.
Model creation
- Basic workflow in Reality Capture and Metashape
- Data loading
- Marker detection
- Alignment and model creation
- Colors and textures
- Solutions for problematic cases
- Multi-chunk modelling
- Adding new photographs
Basics of model editing for printing, web display, scientific use, etc.
- Introduction to the interface and basics of GOM inspect and Meshmixer.
- Description, assessment and elimination of mesh errors (e.g. holes, non-watertight meshes, non-manifold vertices and edges, etc).
- Scaling and mirroring.
- Sectioning for 3D printing
Long term data storage and scientific reusability considerations
- Data integrity and long-term reusability: what and how to archive?
- Digital repositories and licenses.
- DISSCo and iDigBio: what is a digital/extended specimen?
- Ethical concerns
Fees
- Course Fee
- Early bird (until April 30th, 2022):
- 446 €
(356.8 € for Ambassador Institutions) - Regular (after April 30th, 2022):
- 530 €
(424 € for Ambassador Institutions) - The price is VAT included.
After registration you will receive confirmation of your acceptance in the course. Payment is not required during registration.
You can check the list of Ambassador Institutions. If you want your institution to become a Transmitting Science Ambassador please contact us at communication@transmittingscience.com
Funding
Discounts are not cumulative and apply only on the Course Fee. We offer the possibility of paying in two instalments (contact courses@transmittingscience.com).
5 % Discount
Former participants will have a 5 % discount on the Course Fee.
20 % Discount
20 % discount on the Course Fee is offered for members of some organizations (Ambassador Institutions). If you want to apply to this discount please indicate it in the Registration form (proof will be asked later).
40 % Discount
Unemployed scientists living in the country were the course will be held, as well as PhD students based in that country without any grant or scholarship to develop their PhD, could benefit from a 40 % discount on the Course Fee. If you want to ask for this discount, please contact the course coordinator. That would apply for a maximum of 2 places and they will be covered by strict inscription order.
Registration
Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy: In order to process the registration, management and maintenance of your profile as course participant on our website, we need your personal data. If you want more information about the processing of your data and your rights, we recommend that you read our privacy policy carefully (below).
Related Courses
Care and Management of Natural History Collections
March 21st-April 1st, 2022 (ONLINE)
Transmitting Science started in 2012 to manage specialized courses and workshops we were already organizing within our own partnerships. Up to date, we have already run more than 120 advanced courses in different topics related to Life Sciences.
All the courses are self-financed with participant’s fees and we strive to keep the fees to the minimum necessary for running them.
Our courses cover a wide range of research methods and are aimed at postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and established academics from all over the world.
