Poor Man's Line Scan – a simple tool for the acquisition of high-resolution, undistorted drill core photos
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Published:2023-10-26
Issue:
Volume:32
Page:55-59
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ISSN:1816-3459
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Container-title:Scientific Drilling
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Sci. Dril.
Author:
Gegg LukasORCID, Gegg Johann
Abstract
Abstract. The analysis and presentation of drill cores, an essential part of geoscientific research, requires the acquisition of high-quality core photos. Typically, core photos are either taken by hand, which often results in poor and inconsistent image quality and perspective distortions, or with large, heavy, and thus inflexible as well as expensive line scan setups. We present a simple, portable “Poor Man's Line Scan” setup that turns a customary smartphone into a semi-automatic core scanner utilising its panoramic photo function while guided on a rail in order to record undistorted core photographs at high resolution. The resulting images, although affected by some minor artefacts, are clearly superior in quality and resolution to single photos taken by hand and are comparable to images taken with commercial line scan cameras. The low cost (∼ EUR 100) and high flexibility, including the potential for modifications, of our tool make it an interesting alternative to the classical line scan setup.
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Energy Engineering and Power Technology
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