Week 13 · reflection

Week 13 Mapping Evidence Log

Your Week 13 log is a claim-to-geometry trace.

Choose one measurement or mapping claim from the supplied project and show what has to be true underneath it.

Reconstruction chain

Complete:

same scene features
→ overlap across images
→ tie points
→ camera relationship
→ reconstructed geometry
→ scale / georeference
→ validation
→ claim

Mark the weakest link in your supplied dataset.

Evidence inventory

Record:

one strong-overlap area;
one weak-overlap area;
one image-quality problem;
one scale/reference source;
whether an independent checkpoint exists.

Claim ladder

Write three versions of the same basic claim:

too strong;
defensible with qualification;
strongly supported by the current evidence.

Explain which evidence forced the wording to change.

Relative versus absolute

In two sentences, explain the difference between a model that is internally consistent and a model that is accurately located/scaled in the real world.

Next evidence

Choose one addition that would strengthen the project most:

better overlap;
replacement for blurred frames;
stronger ground control;
independent checkpoint;
better camera/geolocation metadata;
another justified source.

Defend the choice.

Exit standard

A strong Week 13 log proves that you no longer equate “software produced a map” with “the measurements are accurate.”