Many thanks to Simone Dall’Asta of DL Droni for sharing with us the data for this case study, showcasing an aerial survey made over a small town in the province of Cremona (Lombardy, Italy) with the drone DJI Matrice 300 RTK equipped with Zenmuse L1 technology.

This new solution that integrates RGB data from pictures and LiDAR aims at the best accuracy possible of the final output, both in terms of geometry and texture. Besides, in this case study, you will see the specific step-by-step workflow to follow in 3DF Zephyr.

Many thanks to Forensic expert Rafael Rodrigues Cunha for providing us with all the data for this case study, focused on a photogrammetry technique tested to assess projectile deformation using 3DF Zephyr. The study showed how photogrammetry can significantly help forensic applications and ballistic studies.

The project has been fully presented during InterForensics 2021, considered the most important Forensic Science event in Latin America that took place on November 2nd to 5th, 2021 in Foz do Iguaçu/pr, Brazil.

Two years ago, the team of the “Kurdish-Italian Faida Archaeological Project” (KIFAP) found ten Assyrian rock reliefs in Faida, northern Iraqi Kurdistan. The archaeological mission was conducted by Professor Daniele Morandi Bonacossi from the Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage (DIUM) of the University of Udine together with the Directorate of Antiquities of Duhok.

We are incredibly proud of having contributed with 3DF Zephyr to this wonderful finding, awarded as the most important archaeological discovery of 2019 and winning the International Archaeological Discovery Award “Khaled al-Asaad”.

Professor Giovanni Pancani from the Architectural Department DIDA of University of Florence, Italy, carried out a surveying project affecting the so-called “Verruca” Fortress together with Ph.D. Matteo Bigongiari and a group of his students.

This ancient fortress, located upon the homonymous Mount Verruca in the Province of Pisa (Tuscany, Italy), is in an advanced state of decay; for this reason, the goal of this project was its 3D reconstruction, using both photogrammetry and laser scanning, to extract further outputs, essential to perform instrumental analysis through the study of the morphological profile of the rock and identify the degree of damage and deformation.

Marine Engineer Edgar Tovar of A.T. Suministros S.A. de C.V. showcased a workflow in which he combined photogrammetry, CAD drawing, and reverse engineering to hull and boat 3D reconstruction using 3DF Zephyr Lite, Rhinoceros 7, and Orca3D.

Christiane Zhao from Weiss AG kindly provided us with the data for the following case study, which showcases all the workflow steps for the 3D reconstruction of the Qingyang Bei shi ku si (referred to as “North Grotto Temple” in this article), one of the four major cave temples in Gansu province, Northwest China.

Over time, it has been facing several physical threats, and to properly ensure its conservation, a multidisciplinary team digitalized the temple by using a 360° HDR camera.

Digital artist Chris Blaser of VFX Swiss company g3D art-e-motion has recently been scanning the Zerveilla dam located in a reservoir near Vals, Switzerland, by means of drone photogrammetry combined with Lidar scans. The 3D models of the dam were used as part of references and digital props for the VFX shots of season 4 of a Swiss TV show called “Wilder”, directed by Claudio Fäh and produced by c-films.

All the data collected for this case study have been kindly provided by the Photography Department of the Museo Egizio of Turin, which set up a truly innovative temporary exhibition named “Archeologia Invisible” back in March 2019. Archaeometry played a key role for this exhibition along with photogrammetry, whose aim was that of unveiling the unique hidden stories of several archaeological findings through their 3D models and the usage of disciplines such as chemistry, physics and radiology that went beyond their exterior appearance.

All the data collected here have been kindly provided by Hans Wellens, a Belgian orthodontist and Ph.D. at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Together with other researchers from different Universities of Belgium and Netherlands, he developed a custom-built photogrammetry system for 3D facial capture to be used for Orthodontics. Their work aimed at providing a cheaper while still competitive solution with respect to other state-of-the-art systems already available on the market. The article of the project has been recently published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Volume 158, Issue 2, August 2020).

All the data collected here have been kindly provided by the Italian company DL Droni Srl. The subject of this case study is an aqueduct tower located in Cremona, Italy, damaged due to the lack of maintenance over the years.
Within the next months is going back to being property of the Municipality of Piadena Drizzona, which is now aiming to develop a recovery project of the building through a visual and close analysis of the structure, along with a 3D reconstruction of the tower.

Nicola Liguori, graduating student in Building Engineering from Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, carried out his dissertation project in collaboration with the Museum of Santa Giulia of Brescia, Italy, which felt the need to expand the warehouses for its artistic works. His project focused on aerial photogrammetry with UAV systems to digitally reconstruct the disused building called “Casere”, aiming to collect useful information for its redevelopment for the future Museum of Modern Art in Brescia.

All the data have been kindly provided by Israeli artist Doron Altaratz, a Ph.D. candidate in communications and media studies at the Hebrew University and a Senior Lecturer at the Hadassah Academic College and Bezalel academy of Art and Design. Doron’s research currently concerns the social interactions of users with media and technology.
The project, in collaboration with electronic musician Ariel Karsh, was part of an international residency program at the Arebyte Gallery of London, with Rebecca Edwards as curator.

This case study has been kindly provided by Alessio Cardaci and Pietro Azzola of the School of Engineering, University of Bergamo, Italy, and Antonella Versaci of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Enna “Kore”, Italy. Their work had been inserted within the program of the event “LowCost 3D” which took place in Strasbourg, France, on December 2nd-3rd, 2019.

Digital artist Chris Blaser of g3D art-e-motion, along with Circle Lab GmbH, is working on a new Army museum in the area of Montreux, Switzerland. The museum will be opened in 2020 inside the Fort de Chillon, right above the medieval castle Chillon. The goal here is to extract a Low Poly version of the castle with Normals from the High Poly output for VR and Realtime Preview.

Reuben J. Hansman and Uwe Ring of the Department of Geological Sciences of the Stockholm University, presented a workflow for field geologists that includes the usage of aerial photogrammetry to cover the wide area of the Jabal Hafit anticline in the United Arab Emirates. The aim is the extraction of geological information from the 3D reconstruction to create a 3D geological model

Zerolab, Italian design studio, applies aerophotogrammetric survey across a quarry being exploited as landifill for aggregates. The main goal is to periodically survey the volume increase of quarry material.

Tomáš Búran – 3d artist making models for the Game Industry and for VR medical applications – will guide you through his process of generating smaller objects like fruits, vegetables, small statuettes etc. using close range photogrammetry. In this case study, the target is asset generation for videogames using 3DF Zephyr.

DL Droni SRL, Italian company providing aerial photography and photogrammetry services used a specific camera to shoot multispectral photos of countryside area to monitor vegetation and processed them with 3DF Zephyr Aerial.
3DF Zephyr Aerial allows you to easily process multispectral images and create a custom output band combining output bands from multispectral camera.

IRLAB (Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology), a 501 (c)(3) organization conducting research projects on funerary and archaeological contexts both in Italy and in the United States, shows a skeleton (identified by the code USk2110) belonging to an adult individual (about 25 y.o.) uncovered in a 19* century rural cemetery in central Ohio (Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery) where a cholera epidemic took place in 1832 and 1849.

The Dar_Med Unit, a group of teachers and researches of the University of Florence headed by Prof. Giovanni Pancani took advantage of 3DF Zephyr to 3D reconstruct one of the most astonishing, to say the least, landmark of the surroundings, namely the Arch of Caracalla at Volubilis, the ancient capital of the kingdom of Mauretania located near today’s city of Meknes, Morocco.

Microgeo, our exclusive Italian reseller for 3DF Zephyr Aerial show you Calenzano, a small Village in the region of Tuscany, near the city of Florence, Italy.
This project shows how the power of 3DF Zephyr allows you to merge different survey methods such as ground pictures, aerial pictures, and laser scan.