Possibilities and limits of web photogrammetry : experiences with the ARPENTEUR web based tool

General outlines and experiences from a WEB application dedicated to digital photogrammetry are presented. The <br />project called ARPENTEUR (as Architectural PhotogrammEtry Network Tool for EdUcation and Research) has been <br />started in 1998 by two French research teams of Strasbourg (the "Photogrammetry and Geomatics" group at ENSAIS) <br />and Marseille (the MAP-gamsau CNRS laboratory located in the school of Architecture). The aim of this project is to <br />propose a photogrammetric concept and software embedded in Web technology and Java programming language. <br />Photogrammetry tools and 3D modeling methods are available on the Internet as applets through a simple browser <br />(http://www.arpenteur.net). Mainly projects in architectural photogrammetry were presented in the last two years. As an <br />example we present in this paper an application from aerial images, as well as an analysis of the current possibilities <br />available with this technology