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The existing introduction was a bit redundant and also was not really an introduction. Also updated the build instructions to reflect the new reality on Mac OSX. Also updated the beginning of the tutorial to be a bit gentler and updated the history to be more consistent Change-Id: Ife38c1949252cf9f4c6301856957f2d38365f313
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.. Ceres Solver documentation master file, created by
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sphinx-quickstart on Sat Jan 19 00:07:33 2013.
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You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
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contain the root `toctree` directive.
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============
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Ceres Solver
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============
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 3
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:hidden:
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features
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building
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tutorial
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modeling
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solving
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faqs
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contributing
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version_history
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history
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bibliography
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license
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Ceres Solver is an open source C++ library for modeling and solving
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large complicated `nonlinear least squares`_ problems. It is a feature
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rich, mature and performant library which has been used in production
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since 2010. At Google, Ceres Solver is used to:
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* Estimate the pose of `Street View`_ cars, aircrafts, and satellites.
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* Build 3D models for `PhotoTours`_.
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* Estmate satellite image sensor characteristics.
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* Stitch `panoramas`_ or apply `Lens Blur`_ on Android.
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* Solve `bundle adjustment`_ and SLAM problems in `Project Tango`_.
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Outside Google, Ceres is used for solving problems in computer vision,
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computer graphics, astronomy and physics. e.g., `Willow Garage`_ uses
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it to solve SLAM problems and `Blender`_ uses it for for planar
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tracking and bundle adjustment.
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.. _nonlinear least squares: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_least_squares
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.. _fitting curves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_regression
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.. _bundle adjustment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_from_motion
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.. _Street View: http://youtu.be/z00ORu4bU-A
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.. _PhotoTours: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/04/visit-global-landmarks-with-photo-tours.html
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.. _panoramas: http://www.google.com/maps/about/contribute/photosphere/
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.. _Project Tango: https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/
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.. _Blender: http://mango.blender.org/development/planar-tracking-preview/
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.. _Willow Garage: https://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2013/08/09/enabling-robots-see-better-through-improved-camera-calibration
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.. _Lens Blur: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2014/04/lens-blur-in-new-google-camera-app.html
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Getting started
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---------------
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* Download the `latest stable release
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<http://ceres-solver.org/ceres-solver-1.8.0.tar.gz>`_ or clone the
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Git repository for the latest development version.
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.. code-block:: bash
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git clone https://ceres-solver.googlesource.com/ceres-solver
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* Read the :ref:`chapter-tutorial`, browse :ref:`chapter-modeling` and :ref:`chapter-solving`.
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* Join the `mailing list
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<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/ceres-solver>`_
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and ask questions.
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* File bugs, feature requests in the `issue tracker
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<https://code.google.com/p/ceres-solver/issues/list>`_.
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Cite Us
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-------
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If you use Ceres Solver for a publication, please cite it as::
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@misc{ceres-solver,
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author = "Sameer Agarwal and Keir Mierle and Others",
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title = "Ceres Solver",
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howpublished = "\url{http://ceres-solver.org}",
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}
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