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Simeon Schmauß

With about to start, it's time to share what I've been working on during the last months.
This is a new high resolution 3D model of the Mont Mercou outcrop, that I made during my recent internship at LPG Nantes. 🧵

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Simeon Schmauß

The model was computed from 6825 Mastcam and Navcam images taken by the Curiosity rover in 2021.
You can check it out yourself on Sketchfab:
skfb.ly/psYyq
There is also a 3D-printable version you can download:
skfb.ly/p9MMY

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Simeon Schmauß

Working with so many rover images requires precise knowledge of each camera position, lens characteristics and consistent color processing across the whole dataset.
For that I've developed MarsImage, a rover image processing library written in .

gitlab.univ-nantes.fr/mars-rov

GitLabMars Rovers / MarsImage · GitLabMars image python package. Documentation: https://marsimage.readthedocs.io
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Simeon Schmauß

MarsImage can also help you download PDS data and convert it to different image formats like TIFF and DNG to allow for further processing in Lightroom or Photoshop to allow for further processing.
This is what I've been using for preprocessing my recent panorama images.
I'll be posting more about the library in the future.

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Simeon Schmauß

Finally, I'm currently developing a huge 3D environment of Gale Crater using data from Tianwen-1, CTX and HiRISE to place my photogrammetry models in their global context.
The environment can be viewed in VR which gives a really good sense of scale and immersion.

Screenshot from Unreal engine, showing the Mont Mercou outcrop placed into the surrounding landscape in gale crater. The terrain is raising towards the right side of the image towards Mount Sharp. The crater rim in the far distance is partially hidden by haze. The sun is shining in the sky above and has a slightly bluish halo around it caused by Mie scattering.
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Simeon Schmauß

If you're attending the conference, you can find my iPoster for some more interactive goodness and I'd be happy to see you during the virtual poster session on Wednesday!

Otherwise you can already read more about this project in my abstract: hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025

Preview of the Abstract with the title: PHOTOGRAMMETRIC PROCESSING OF MSL IMAGES: A CASE STUDY AT THE MONT MERCOU OUTCROP IN GALE CRATER ON MARS. There is a big picture with a Map showing the location of the outcrop and many blue dots around it for the locations of all the rover images. Please visit the link in the post for a screen reader friendly PDF.
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Frank 🛩️🪂⛵🛵🎿🔭

@stim3on Cool! Thanks for sharing!

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rich

@stim3on fantastic work and thanks for sharing your knowledge! - the VR option intrigues me! 👍

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Simeon Schmauß

@65dBnoise I finally did that full rewrite I was talking about for so long!
Currently it only supports MSL images, but M20 is on the roadmap.
Feel free to give it a try - I'm always looking for feedback!

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65dBnoise

@stim3on
Great work, judging from the result! So glad to see your work come to fruition.
I will definitely give it a try!

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