Methods and apparatus for introducing a plurality of optical markers to a
field of view, capturing a two-dimensional image of said field of view on
an image plate comprising a pixel array, determining a set of marker
origin offset values and using said offset values to establish a set of
orientation values describing the relationship between the field of view
and the image plate are disclosed. These orientation values are used to
relate the area of image captured by each pixel in the image plate to the
real world. By applying projective geometry, vector analysis and
trigonometrical surveys an image analysis is conducted to establish a
three-dimensional positional data set describing the three-dimensional
position of regions of reflectivity in the captured two-dimensional
image. From this data set a three-dimensional model of the field of view
can be reconstructed.