show: first try with making a map - P4P Pro v2.0 - 245 images, 56 acres, 360 ft high

[tayl0r]

I used dronedeploy to do the mapping flight and then opendronemap to process the images. i think it came out pretty good, but i definitely learned some things for next time:

* some of the photos were blurry
* try different camera settings in DJI Go, im not even sure what camera settings i was using before, i think i had them on auto but i believe it got changed to manual. i gotta look at this more closely next time
* fly on a cloudy day so the brightness is more uniform and theres no shadows
* set a slower maximum flight speed in dronedeploy
* fly lower (i only had 1 battery so i had to fly higher to do the map in 1 flight. now i have multiple batteries so i can fly lower & slower)

There are also different settings I can try in opendronemap, I just stuck with the defaults here.

Anyways, here is a 58 mb jpg of the entire map: Dropbox - odm_orthophoto.jpg

And a screenshot showing the surface model:

3d model:

point cloud:

And here is the map plan from dronedeploy (maybe it got changed since I did the flight since it says 225 images but the real flight was 245 images):

Pretty cool stuff!

What do you guys think? Any other tips?

 

[Ansia]

You can also put the mission on pause, charge your battery and continue the mission afterwards. It will continue where it left off.

 

[Meta4]

What do you guys think? Any other tips?

Did you create an orthophoto?
It would be a lot more useful than the views you've shown here.

 

[tayl0r]

Did you create an orthophoto?
It would be a lot more useful than the views you've shown here.

Yeah, I linked the full size one from dropbox. It's a 60 mb jpeg.

Here is a smaller version:

 

[J-Bear]

If you fly at different altitudes and camera tilt (70-90%) keeping mind not to have the horizon in your shot, I think that would also improve your detail. Would be interested to know what your settings were, or try #2 results.