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Preparing to launch the camera rig on the top of Tall adh Dhahab el-Gharbiyeh (left, photo by Hannelore Kröger). The 2008 KAP system in flight with the camera rig on the line below the 4 m 2 HQ flowform kite (middle, photo by Tatiana Schär). Close up of the Canon G11 camera rig as used in 2011 (right).
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Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) is applied as a tool for documenting excavations at the Tulul adh-Dhahab site in the lower Zarqa valley, northwestern Jordan. The resulting imagery as well as aerial photos from the 1950ies are used to generate 3D models, orthophotos and DSMs by Structure from Motion Photogrammetry (SfM).
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... This device hangs from the kite line by a gimbal contraption made of string called a picavet and triggers the camera via a small servo actuated lever pushing on the shutter release button about every 10 seconds (Figure 1). Adapting to the needs of the Tulul adh-Dhahab excavation the equipment was intentionally kept as simple as possible. ...