3.7

What's Changed

• Allow to save fused point cloud in colmap format when using command line by @boitumeloruf in #799
• Fix typos in image.h by @Pascal-So in #936
• Fix for EPnP estimator by @vlarsson in #943
• Visualize models using Python in Open3D by @ahojnnes in #948
• Update tutorial.rst by @ignacio-rocco in #953
• 8 point algorithm internal contraint fix by @mihaidusmanu in #982
• Python script for writing depth/normal arrays by @SBCV in #957
• BuildImageModel: use std::vector instead of numbered arguments by @Pascal-So in #949
• Fix bugs of sift feature matching by @whuaegeanse in #985
• script for modifying fused results by @SBCV in #984
• fix camera model query by @Pascal-So in #997
• fixed small bug in visualize_model.py by @sniklaus in #1007
• Update .travis.yml by @srinivas32 in #989
• Ensure DecomposeHomographyMatrix() always returns rotations by @daithimaco in #1040
• Remove deprecated qt foreach by @UncleGene in #1039
• Fix AMD/Windows GUI visualization bug by @drkoller in #1079
• include colmap_cuda in COLMAP_LIBRARIES when compiled with cuda by @ClementPinard in #1084
• Fix runtime crash when sparsesuite is missing from ceres by @anmatako in #1115
• Store relative poses in two_view_geometry table by @Ahmed-Salama in #1103
• search src images for patch_match from all set, not only referenced subset by @DaniilSNikulin in #1038
• Replace Travis CI with Azure Pipelines for Linux/Mac builds by @ahojnnes in #1119
• Allow ReadPly to handle double precision files by @anmatako in #1131
• Update GPSTransform calculations to improve accuracy by @anmatako in #1132
• Add scale template flag in SimilarityTransform3::Estimate by @anmatako in #1133
• Add CopyFile utility that can copy or hard/soft-link files by @anmatako in #1134
• Expose BA options in IncrementalMapper by @anmatako in #1139
• Allow configurable paths for mvs::Model by @anmatako in #1141
• Change ReconstructionMaanger to write larger recons first by @anmatako in #1137
• Setup Azure pipelines for Windows build by @ahojnnes in #1150
• Add fixed extrinsics in rig config by @anmatako in #1144
• Allow custom config and missing dependencies for patch-match by @anmatako in #1142
• Update print statements for Python 3 compatibility by @UncleGene in #1126
• Allow cleanup of SQLite tables using new database_cleaner command by @anmatako in #1136
• Extend SceneClustering to support non-hierarchical (flat) clusters by @anmatako in #1140
• Support more formats in model_converter by @anmatako in #1147
• Fix Mac 10.15 build due to changed Qt5 path by @ahojnnes in #1157
• Fix bug in ReadCameraRigConfig when reading extrinsics by @anmatako in #1158
• Add utility to compare poses between two sparse models by @ahojnnes in #1159
• Modularize executable main functions into separate sources by @ahojnnes in #1160
• Fix unnecessary copies in for range loops by @ahojnnes in #1162
• Add script to clang-format all source code by @ahojnnes in #1163
• Add back new options and formats for model_converter by @anmatako in #1164
• ImageReder new option and bug fix in GPS priors by @anmatako in #1146
• Parallelize stereo fusion; needs pre-loading of entire workspace by @anmatako in #1148
• Refactoring and new functionality in Reconstruction class by @anmatako in #1169
• Add new functionality in image_undistorter by @anmatako in #1168
• Add new CMake option to disable GUI by @anmatako in #1165
• Fix the memory leak caused by not releasing the memory of the PRNG at the end of the thread by @whuaegeanse in #1170
• Fix fusion segfault bug by @anmatako in #1176
• Update SiftGPU to use floorf for floats by @anmatako in #1182
• fix typo in extraction.cc by @iuk in #1191
• Improvements to NVM, Cam, Recon3D, and Bundler exporters by @drkoller in #1187
• Update model_aligner functionality by @anmatako in #1177
• Add new model_cropper and model_splitter commands by @anmatako in #1179
• use type point2D_t instead of image_t by @iuk in #1199
• Fix radial distortion in Cam format exporter by @drkoller in #1196
• Add new model_transformer command by @anmatako in #1178
• Fix error of using urllib to download eigen from gitlab by @whuaegeanse in #1194
• Multi-line string fix in Python model script by @mihaidusmanu in #1217
• added visibility_sigma to CLI input options for delaunay_mesher. by @Matstah in #1236
• Backwards compatibility of model_aligner by @tsattler in #1240
• [update undistortion] update dumped commands by @hiakru in #1276
• Compute reprojection error in generalized absolute solver by @skydes in #1257
• Modifying scripts/python/flickr_downloader.py to create files with correct extensions by @snavely in #1275
• revise Dockerfile and readme. by @MasahiroOgawa in #1281
• Update to latest vcpkg version by @ahojnnes in #1319
• Fix compiler warnings reported by GCC by @ahojnnes in #1317
• Auto-rotate JPEG images based on EXIF orientation by @ahojnnes in #1318
• Upgrade vcpkg to fix CI build issues by @ahojnnes in #1331
• Added descriptor normalization argument to feature_extractor. by @mihaidusmanu in #1332
• Fix memory leak in the function of StringAppendV by @whuaegeanse in #1337
• Add CUDA_SAFE_CALL to cudaGetDeviceCount. by @chpatrick in #1334
• Add missing include in case CUDA/GUI is not available by @ahojnnes in #1329
• Fix wrong WGS84 model and test cases in GPSTransform by @Freeverc in #1333
• Fixes bug in sprt.cc: num_inliers was not set. by @rmbrualla in #1360
• Prevent a divide by zero corner case. by @rmbrualla in #1361
• Adds missing header. by @rmbrualla in #1362
• Require Qt in COLMAPConfig only if GUI is enabled by @skydes in #1365
• Keep precision in the process of storing in text. by @whuaegeanse in #1363
• Expose exe internals by @skydes in #1366
• Fix inliers matches extraction in EstimateUncalibrated function. by @ferreram in #1369
• Expose exe internals - fix by @skydes in #1368
• Remove deprecated Mac OSX 10.14 image in ADO pipeline by @ahojnnes in #1383
• Add Mac OSX 11 ADO pipeline job by @ahojnnes in #1384
• Fix warnings for latest compiler/libraries by @ahojnnes in #1382
• Fix clang compiler warnings by @ahojnnes in #1387
• Add Address Sanitizer options and fix reported issues by @ahojnnes in #1390
• User/joschonb/asan cleanup by @ahojnnes in #1391
• Add ADO pipeline for Visual Studio 2022 by @ahojnnes in #1392
• Add ccache option by @ahojnnes in #1395
• Update ModelAligner to handle GPS and custom coords. and more by @ferreram in #1371
• Fix camera size change under Windows by @ahojnnes in #1401
• Release of COLMAP version 3.7 by @ahojnnes in #1402
• Reverting back to the original implementation which did not use the E… by @ahojnnes in #1406

New Contributors

• @boitumeloruf made their first contribution in #799
• @Pascal-So made their first contribution in #936
• @vlarsson made their first contribution in #943
• @ignacio-rocco made their first contribution in #953
• @mihaidusmanu made their first contribution in #982
• @whuaegeanse made their first contribution in #985
• @srinivas32 made their first contribution in #989
• @daithimaco made their first contribution in #1040
• @UncleGene made their first contribution in #1039
• @anmatako made their first contribution in #1115
• @Ahmed-Salama made their first contribution in #1103
• @iuk made their first contribution in #1191
• @Matstah made their first contribution in #1236
• @skydes made their first contribution in #1257
• @snavely made their first contribution in #1275
• @MasahiroOgawa made their first contribution in #1281
• @chpatrick made their first contribution in #1334
• @Freeverc made their first contribution in #1333
• @rmbrualla made their first contribution in #1360
• @ferreram made their first contribution in #1369

Full Changelog: 3.6...3.7