Patent ID: 8068643

Claim:
A computerized system for displaying and making measurements based upon captured oblique images, comprising: a computer system executing image display and analysis software reading: a plurality of captured oblique images having corresponding geo-location data; and a data table storing ground plane data that closely approximates at least a portion of the terrain depicted within said captured oblique images; wherein the image display and analysis software when executed by the computer system causes the computer system to receive a starting point selected by a user, receive an end point selected by the user and calculate a desired measurement between the starting and end points dependent upon the geo-location data and ground plane data, wherein the desired measurement is selected from a group consisting of a distance measuring mode calculating a distance between the starting point and the end point, a height measuring mode calculating a height difference between the starting point and the end point, and a relative elevation measuring mode calculating the difference in elevation of the starting point and the end point, wherein the ground plane data includes a tessellated ground plane data, said ground plane data representing a tessellated ground plane that closely approximates at least a portion of the terrain depicted within the displayed oblique image, the tessellated ground plane comprising a plurality of interconnected facets, each facet having a respective pitch and slope, and wherein the plurality of facets each correspond to equal areas of the displayed oblique image.