{
  "id": 401129,
  "title": "New to COLMAP? This is how you visualize your model... ",
  "url": "/competitions/image-matching-challenge-2023/discussion/401129",
  "author_name": "Jaafar Mahmoud",
  "post_date": "2023-04-11T22:34:58.838000",
  "votes": 10,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Just quick notice on how to visualize sfm models in COLMAP… </p>\n<ol>\n<li>Follow installation instructions <a href=\"https://colmap.github.io/install.html\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></li>\n<li>Open COLMAP GUI using its Icon or from cmd as <code>colmap gui</code></li>\n<li>From <strong>File</strong>, choose <strong>import model</strong>.</li>\n<li>Navigate to folder where sfm model is, e.g. <strong>image-matching-challenge-2023/train/heritage/dioscuri/sfm</strong></li>\n<li>clink <strong>open</strong>, It will show this message<br>\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F8468203%2F67c412ecc350c260734011246cd3fac8%2FScreenshot%20from%202023-04-12%2001-32-07.png?generation=1681252371954201&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></li>\n<li>Choose <strong>No</strong>, and that's it</li>\n<li><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F8468203%2F0bdd6bc61de8dfd1bf9e5f61e0578040%2FScreenshot%20from%202023-04-12%2001-34-30.png?generation=1681252490579692&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></li>\n</ol>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 2218663,
      "postDate": "2023-04-11T22:34:58.840Z",
      "content": "<p>Just quick notice on how to visualize sfm models in COLMAP… </p>\n<ol>\n<li>Follow installation instructions <a href=\"https://colmap.github.io/install.html\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></li>\n<li>Open COLMAP GUI using its Icon or from cmd as <code>colmap gui</code></li>\n<li>From <strong>File</strong>, choose <strong>import model</strong>.</li>\n<li>Navigate to folder where sfm model is, e.g. <strong>image-matching-challenge-2023/train/heritage/dioscuri/sfm</strong></li>\n<li>clink <strong>open</strong>, It will show this message<br>\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F8468203%2F67c412ecc350c260734011246cd3fac8%2FScreenshot%20from%202023-04-12%2001-32-07.png?generation=1681252371954201&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></li>\n<li>Choose <strong>No</strong>, and that's it</li>\n<li><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F8468203%2F0bdd6bc61de8dfd1bf9e5f61e0578040%2FScreenshot%20from%202023-04-12%2001-34-30.png?generation=1681252490579692&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></li>\n</ol>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Just quick notice on how to visualize sfm models in COLMAP... \n1.  Follow installation instructions [here](https://colmap.github.io/install.html)\n2. Open COLMAP GUI using its Icon or from cmd as `colmap gui`\n3. From **File**, choose **import model**.\n4. Navigate to folder where sfm model is, e.g. **image-matching-challenge-2023/train/heritage/dioscuri/sfm**\n5. clink **open**, It will show this message\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F8468203%2F67c412ecc350c260734011246cd3fac8%2FScreenshot%20from%202023-04-12%2001-32-07.png?generation=1681252371954201&alt=media)\n6. Choose **No**, and that's it\n7. ![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F8468203%2F0bdd6bc61de8dfd1bf9e5f61e0578040%2FScreenshot%20from%202023-04-12%2001-34-30.png?generation=1681252490579692&alt=media)",
      "votes": 10
    }
  ],
  "comments": [],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2218663": "Just quick notice on how to visualize sfm models in COLMAP... \n1.  Follow installation instructions [here](https://colmap.github.io/install.html)\n2. Open COLMAP GUI using its Icon or from cmd as `colmap gui`\n3. From **File**, choose **import model**.\n4. Navigate to folder where sfm model is, e.g. **image-matching-challenge-2023/train/heritage/dioscuri/sfm**\n5. clink **open**, It will show this message\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F8468203%2F67c412ecc350c260734011246cd3fac8%2FScreenshot%20from%202023-04-12%2001-32-07.png?generation=1681252371954201&alt=media)\n6. Choose **No**, and that's it\n7. ![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F8468203%2F0bdd6bc61de8dfd1bf9e5f61e0578040%2FScreenshot%20from%202023-04-12%2001-34-30.png?generation=1681252490579692&alt=media)"
  }
}