[4eyes] Levenberg-Marquardt software

[Matthew Turk]

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From: Manolis Lourakis <lourakis at ics.forth.gr>
Subject: Q&A  : sba C/C++ SW pkg 

 sba is a publicly available (GPL) C/C++ software package for generic
 sparse bundle adjustment based on the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm. 
 
 Major improvements to v1.6 are as follows:
 ** Support for fixed points (e.g., ground control points) in the 
    adjustment has been added.
 ** A few memory alignment issues on 64 bit systems were fixed.
 ** Added to the demo program the option of refining the camera
    distortion parameters in addition to the camera intrinsics and
    motions. 
 ** Implemented a local rotation representation in the demo program.
 ** Incorporated more optimized user-supplied projection and Jacobian 
    functions in the matlab demo program.
 
 For more details & source code see 
 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1486525.1486527 
 and
 http://www.ics.forth.gr/~lourakis/sba 
 
 Dr. Manolis Lourakis, Principal Researcher
 Computational Vision and Robotics Lab, Institute of Computer Science
 Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas
 N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion, Crete, 700 13 GREECE
 lourakis at ics.forth.gr -- http://www.ics.forth.gr/~lourakis