Maybe you all can give me some ideas on this.
I have a ethernet (gigE) camera pointed nadir in an aircraft. The camera takes pictures every 2 seconds. When the camera takes the pictures, its sends a trigger to my IMU that records a log file which has Pitch, roll, heading, time, height above ellipsoid and GPS location (I can add other fields if needed).
So after a flight I have a set of JPG pictures, and a log file.
What is the best way to go about creating a KML file to overlay each picture in google earth. I am not looking to create a DEM, just create a kml file that shows orthorectified images. (they do not all have to be displayed at once, that would crash GE for sure)
Also, am I going about this the wrong way? Should I be embedding the GPS and IMU info in the exif header of the images on the fly?
to sum it up, I have a good ethernet camera, and very precise IMU with GPS that logs event triggers. I need some batch software to create a kml of images. (a lot of images, think 6 hour flight) How would you all go about using this hardware to make orthorectified images?
Thanks for any help
(open source preferred)
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