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COLMAP is a general-purpose Structure-from-Motion (SfM) and Multi-View Stereo (MVS) pipeline with a graphical and command-line interface. It provides a wide range features to reconstruct ordered and unorganized image collections. The new BSD license covers the software. The latest source code can be found at GitHub. COLMAP builds upon existing works. Please cite the original authors when you use specific algorithms within COLMAP as they are specified in the source code. The pre-built binaries are available for Windows and include both the graphical interface executables as well as the command-line interface executables. Double-clicking the COLMAP.bat script will launch the GUI. You can also run it from the Windows command line or Powershell. This batch script also allows you to access the command-line interface, which automatically sets all necessary library paths. To see a list of available COLMAP commands, use COLMAP.bat –h in Powershell or the command shell cmd.exe.

Develop a C++ framework to increase awareness of the power and potential of 3D reconstruction using images and photogrammetry. Reproducible research is made easier by a simple-to-read framework that accurately implements both the "classic" and state-of-the-art algorithms. OpenMVG is easy to use, read, modify, and learn. The library is trusted to build larger systems thanks to its rigorous test-driven development and sample collection. OpenMVG is a 3D reconstruction framework that uses images. It includes libraries, binaries and pipelines. The libraries provide easy access to features like images manipulation, features description and matching, feature tracking, camera models, multiple-view-geometry, robust-estimation, structure-from-motion algorithms, etc. The binaries solve unit tasks that a pipeline could require scene initialization, feature detection & matching and structure-from-motion reconstruction.