Thanks for the comments. The XYZ idea sounds pretty interesting. For anyone reading this later, after reading around, upgrading, and again trying Hugin to stack a few ordinary rephotos, my answer is what it was years ago, that no, you should almost certainly not use a stitcher program like Hugin to stack rephotos.
First because a stitcher is intended for images that are almost identical. The reason to try a stitcher to get automatically generated control points, but as people have pointed out, these automatic algorithms usually fail when the images are many years apart and thus quite different. Second because a program like Hugin is just complex. You're driving a tank to the grocery store. It's more of a "buff" program, for people who enjoy the time in the weeds and the details, not for the masses (small masses?) who just want to align one image to another. Those people with the Apple I computers really enjoyed soldering the keyboard or whatever, but I would never send a bunch of students off to use an Apple I. So if there's a path to mass rephotography I doubt it runs through this. It's like needing an awl, having no awl, so choosing between a chisel and a screwdriver. For now (2019) I'd try re.photos or a GIS like QGIS. Thanks, Robb Campbell -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/4a65a5a0-9443-4ad7-a1fa-24f15728b2e7%40googlegroups.com.
