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Fillinger, Laura; Funke, Tobias (2013): 3D models created from ROV videos and their corresponding subtransect dimensions [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.803844, Supplement to: Fillinger, L; Funke, T (2013): A new 3-D modelling method to extract subtransect dimensions from underwater videos. Ocean Science, 9(2), 461-476, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-461-2013

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Abstract:
Underwater video transects have become a common tool for quantitative analysis of the seafloor. However a major difficulty remains in the accurate determination of the area surveyed as underwater navigation can be unreliable and image scaling does not always compensate for distortions due to perspective and topography. Depending on the camera set-up and available instruments, different methods of surface measurement are applied, which make it difficult to compare data obtained by different vehicles. 3-D modelling of the seafloor based on 2-D video data and a reference scale can be used to compute subtransect dimensions. Focussing on the length of the subtransect, the data obtained from 3-D models created with the software PhotoModeler Scanner are compared with those determined from underwater acoustic positioning (ultra short baseline, USBL) and bottom tracking (Doppler velocity log, DVL). 3-D model building and scaling was successfully conducted on all three tested set-ups and the distortion of the reference scales due to substrate roughness was identified as the main source of imprecision. Acoustic positioning was generally inaccurate and bottom tracking unreliable on rough terrain. Subtransect lengths assessed with PhotoModeler were on average 20% longer than those derived from acoustic positioning due to the higher spatial resolution and the inclusion of slope. On a high relief wall bottom tracking and 3-D modelling yielded similar results. At present, 3-D modelling is the most powerful, albeit the most time-consuming, method for accurate determination of video subtransect dimensions.
Project(s):
Bentho-Pelagic Processes @ AWI (AWI_BPP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -60.331084 * Median Longitude: -65.417100 * South-bound Latitude: -64.915000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.936215 * North-bound Latitude: -51.169000 * East-bound Longitude: -60.651000
Date/Time Start: 2007-01-22T10:23:24 * Date/Time End: 2012-02-29T14:38:02
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Fillinger, L; Funke, T (2013): 3D models created from the ROV videos at station Errina2012_GD and their corresponding subtransect dimensions. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.803843
  2. Fillinger, L; Funke, T (2013): 3D models created from the ROV videos at station PS69/724-1 and their corresponding subtransect dimensions. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.803620
  3. Fillinger, L; Funke, T (2013): 3D models created from the ROV videos at station PS77/253-1 and their corresponding subtransect dimensions. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.803842