Software – JenaCopterLabs

March 18, 2022

Apple M4Max and M1Max 24C and 32C and Agisoft Metashape – a Performance Surprise (Updated)

Update: 20.10.2025: added the 40C M4Max performance comparison – 16Inch with 128GB RAM Update: 5.4.2022: added the 32C performance of the MBP21 16Inch with 64GB RAM Short update to the benchmark analysis I did with the M4Max and Agisoft Metashape. The M4Max halves the processing time of the M1Max. Here the numbers (this time based on Metashape 2.2.2 … I...

Agisoft/Reviews/Software/Workflow

March 10, 2019

Cluster & Batch Processing in Agisoft Metashape

20 days! – better/faster hardware anyone? Processing large quantities of image files from UAV flight campaigns in Agisoft is sometimes very time consuming and usually should be done in a cluster environment with distributed nodes doing the heavy pixel lifting. Sometimes even a cluster setup can be limiting when the subprocess needs more RAM memory than available on a single...

Agisoft/Software/Workflow

June 4, 2018

Data Preprocessing with PCI and Python

Satellite Data Preprocessing with Python/PCI I (Import & Ortho) Satellite Data Preprocessing with Python/PCI II – Cloud Masking, Haze Removal, Terrain Derivates – ATCOR

Software/Teaching/Workflow

September 26, 2017

“DJI GS Pro” – Ground Station Testing

Some tests using the DJI GS Pro (Ground Station) software for automatic flight programming with the Phantom 4 Pro. New flight campaign at the Kuckenburg spot (Sachsen-Anhalt) finished with two different flight altitudes using DJI GS Pro – mapping the open archaeological excavation site of medieval church now in September 2017. This worked flawless – the only problem: you kind...

Archaeology/Quadrocopter/Software/Workflow

April 1, 2017

Speeding up Agisoft Photoscan

For some of the copter data processing folks Agisoft Photoscan turns out to be the most important tool to calculate point clouds, orthoimages and nadir data mosaics. Problem: very long processing times with dense point cloud calculations with high or ultra-high settings (full resolution image matching with SfM (Structure from Motion) algorithms). Some nice net finds show how multicore processing...

Agisoft/Point Clouds/Software/Workflow

March 27, 2017

Using DroneDeploy and the POI mode for automatic point cloud mapping

Using DroneDeploy and the POI mode of DJI. Have been doing some leaf-off flights now in March on one of my favorite sites for complex tree crown point cloud mapping. To add to the leaf-on data from last autumn. Fig.: Leaf-Off point cloud with combined height color coding and reflectance color coding. This time I also checked the full automatic flight...

Point Clouds/Software/Workflow

December 6, 2016

Point Cloud Animation from P3A Copter Flight

Short point cloud animation from a decid forest stand shot with the P3A system in September. Processed with Agisoft Photoscan and corrected/visualized with QT-Modeller.

Point Clouds/Software

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