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  "upload_type": "software",
  "title": "Effigies: a full-OpenMVS WebODM engine for higher-quality 3D reconstruction",
  "description": "<p>Effigies is a NodeODM-compatible processing node for WebODM. It is an alternative engine that runs the full OpenMVS chain (DensifyPointCloud &rarr; ReconstructMesh &rarr; RefineMesh &rarr; TextureMesh) on top of a COLMAP sparse reconstruction, closing the gap where stock WebODM/ODM produces weaker 3D than commercial tools by skipping OpenMVS' ReconstructMesh and RefineMesh.</p><p>It targets a complete, higher-quality engine across all scenarios &mdash; close-range / convergent capture (objects, finds, artefacts, statues, architecture) and drone / aerial sets &mdash; producing a textured 3D mesh, a georeferenced point cloud, and a georeferenced orthophoto, while honouring the WebODM asset contract so it installs alongside the stock ODM node and appears as its own engine.</p><p>If you use Effigies, please also cite the upstream reconstruction engines it orchestrates: COLMAP (Sch&ouml;nberger &amp; Frahm 2016) for sparse Structure-from-Motion and OpenMVS for the dense / mesh / texture chain.</p>",
  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
  "access_right": "open",
  "creators": [
    {
      "name": "Leiverkus, Patrick",
      "affiliation": "Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg",
      "orcid": "0009-0006-2308-8297"
    }
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "WebODM",
    "OpenDroneMap",
    "NodeODM",
    "OpenMVS",
    "COLMAP",
    "photogrammetry",
    "3D reconstruction",
    "dense reconstruction",
    "orthophoto",
    "close-range photogrammetry",
    "archaeology",
    "reproducible research software"
  ],
  "related_identifiers": [
    {
      "identifier": "10.1109/CVPR.2016.445",
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      "scheme": "doi"
    },
    {
      "identifier": "https://github.com/cdcseacave/openMVS",
      "relation": "references",
      "scheme": "url"
    },
    {
      "identifier": "https://github.com/OpenDroneMap/NodeODM",
      "relation": "references",
      "scheme": "url"
    }
  ]
}