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Re:Google Maps: Bird Mode by jakobegger on Sunday February 24, 2019 @02:23AM (#19237552)
You probably don't even need the LIDAR. Since the airplane is moving, you can use the parallax between successive images to determine depth information. The technique is called "structure from motion"
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Re:Google Maps: Bird Mode by jabberthemutt on Sunday February 24, 2019 @02:41AM (#19237605)
Or include the position and orientation of the images' cameras and do a traditional photogrammetric bundle adjustment.
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