Recent content by Rocky Mountain Old Boy

Yeah I can't see them either. As a guess, TCG will have to put the photos somewhere other than this forum... or embed them right into the post.

Ummm... "I guess I am not as smart as some think they are." I'd say you fired the first volley... don't get pissed when they respond in kind.

Start with a minimum of a class 10 card. iMac shouldn't be the limiting factor... I'm not an Apple guy, but normally they're the ones to beat. Before you go dropping bucks on a new PC/Mac, I'd give your rendered video to someone else to see if they have the same issues.

Rocky Mtn community panoramic|none|border Stereographic pano from 4k video.

Clowther, I'm actually in long range, but probably have as good or better understanding of photogrammetrics/georeferencing than most here. And yes, I've done my time in survey... but opted for the cushy office job. ;-) Like yours, our Trimble survey gear has all the RTK built in so with the...

Thx BigAl. (and I'll try to keep mining jargon down to a dull roar.) Clowther, given a bit more detail in my 2nd post, what would you recommend? The Maps Made Easy doesn't seem to have the required detail and they seem to be more interested in doing the processing and hosting the imagery...

Thank you for the fast responses! That Drones Made Easy Map Pilot software looks quite good... though as I suspected, I am going to have to convert my map coordinate system (a bastardized UTM14) to NAD83. Sad face. So a bit more info... behind the truck in the picture (a 793D), you'll see...

Looking to program a "precision run" to test some photogrammetric geo-mapping software. I think I'll need around 80-100 still pictures of our open pit mine. Think of a giant bowl about 2 km across... I want to start at roughly the lip of the bowl and photograph the inside of it. Pit is roughly...

Dang, you are lucky it didn't hit you! I've had a rib broken from a baseball that sure didn't come close to 3 lbs. (0.3125 lbs) that was probably traveling about the same speed (50 mph). Take one in the head... well, you wrote the post, so I am assuming you're ok, lol.

Got to the party a bit late, but Sar104 has summed it nicely though area affected would be a factor as well (we - mine engineers - use similar calcs in mine blasting). Long story short, there is every reason to believe that very significant damage would result from one of our birds falling from...

You're right of course. If it was baiting/troll, I fell in hook, line and sinker, lol.

As a Canadian, I am more than a little offended that you would paint all of us with the same same brush. I don't slander you because you're ex-military.

Repeatability would be key. Eventually I'd like to just work with the point cloud data and automate as much as possible. I'd create an LGO (large gridded object) from the cloud data and from there triangulate surfaces as needed. Volume calculations, etc would all be done in our mine cad...

Two more good products there. Maps Made Easy seems focused on photo imagery and updating web-based information. The Agisoft and Pix4D products seem better at actual photogrammetric output - and a better option for my particular needs... which would be accurate, geo-referenced point cloud data...

Interesting. Pricey software, but if the software can then convert the data points to point cloud format, it would be very useful for my purposes (open pit mine engineering). EDIT: Watched the webinar. This could easily provide much needed pit updates. Very cool and TY for sharing.