Sketching natural terrain from uncalibrated imagery

We propose a methodology to sketch the 3D geometry of an outdoor scene consisting of natural terrain. The method requires only a pair of uncalibrated images, but it produces a sketch where the order with respect to the dimensions of height above the ground plane and depth are correct. A dense representation is generated as a set of profile lines which overlays the original images.

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