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Knowing the size of a building in an image

Azurafiles

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I have some photos that I have taken snap snap from my local airport.
Is there a good program which can calculate the height and width of the building as it is in real life?

Thanks for your answer's'.
 
A technique that works very well for me is to use the SU built in ability to import a satellite image. I then scale the building uniformly to match it's photographic footprint and delete the ground image.
 
for the footprint is easy, you should use google earth, there you can measure the building. for the height it's another question, you just can calculate it with some known object near as a car, or tree. that is.
 
Hello,...

If you know the time (month/year) in which the photo was taken,... you can also adjust SketchUp timeline to the picture,... in that case looking at the shadows of the building can help determine the height; using the push/pull function until the shadow matches the height of the building your creating.
 
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Thanks for all your answers, I think the result is great :)
 
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