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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B2-2026-1199-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>From Image Space to Geospatial Space: A Camera Calibration Methodology for Video-Based Traffic Monitoring</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shokri</surname>
<given-names>Danesh</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Larouche</surname>
<given-names>Christian</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Homayouni</surname>
<given-names>Saeid</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0214-5356</ext-link>
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<addr-line>Département des Sciences Géomatiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Centre de Recherche en Données et Intelligence Géospatiales (CRDIG), Université Laval, Québec, Canada</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Québec, Canada</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>23</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLIX-B2-2026</volume>
<fpage>1199</fpage>
<lpage>1206</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Danesh Shokri et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>This paper presents a novel methodological framework for georeferenced traffic monitoring that bridges the gap between image-based vehicle detection and geospatial analysis. Traditional video-based traffic monitoring systems operate exclusively in image space, limiting their utility for applications requiring physical measurements and integration with other geospatial datasets. We address this limitation by developing a comprehensive camera calibration approach that leverages readily available geospatial data&amp;mdash;including smartphone video ground control point selection, a hierarchical calibration algorithm for camera parameter estimation, and a coordinate transformation approach for mapping image-space vehicle detections to geographic space. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our strategy, achieving a mean reprojection error of 3 pixels across the calibration points. We showcase the practical utility of the framework through a case study of multi-lane traffic monitoring, where vehicle detections are successfully transformed from image coordinates to geographic coordinates, enabling lane-specific traffic analysis and potential integration with traffic simulation models. The methodology presented in this paper allows for precise mathematical relationships between image coordinates, drone-derived orthophotos, and 3D point cloud data, thereby establishing exact correspondences between image coordinates and real-world geographic coordinates. The proposed methodology includes a robust workflow for urban planning by connecting conventional video surveillance with the rich analytical capabilities of geographic information systems, using only commonly available data sources and equipment.</p>
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