Open Source UAV Post Processing Solution

[Lurker]

Hello, UAV recently gain huge popularity, 

 

We could find low cost UAV too (we have a recent project using custom fix wing drone that only cost approx under 5000 dollar), but how bout low cost or even free post processing software ?

 

I find this interesting articles and tutorials :

http://flightriot.com/tutorials/post-processing/

using open source software like Meshlab, CMPMVS, VisualSFM, and such

 

but, anyone in here have the experience with above method?

 

share your thought

[darksabersan]

I have already conduct some test with Meshlab and VisualSFM based in this tutorial.

Never heard about CMPMVS and that looks interesting.

 

Thanks for this.

 

 

darksabersan.

[Lurker]

so my friend how do you think about processing UAV data using Meshlab and VisualSFM?

 

stitching picture based on their motion when capturing is interesting concept, Microsoft also have interesting software bout it ;

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/69699e5a-5c91-4b01-898c-ef012cbb07f7/default.aspx?tduid=(515a7ed2cb698cd5dd841e750cdb3839)(256380)(2459594)(TnL5HPStwNw-xqhAQtOyAXSrDl80u.wJsg)() 

I found another one :

 

OpenDroneMap

http://opendronemap.github.io/odm/ 

[shin_conan]

I recently developed an online cloud service structure-from-motion algorithm for many purposes called CloudSfM (do a Github search  ). It combines these three libraries below:

• OpenMVG (openmvg.readthedocs.org/en/latest) for Global and incremental sparse and dense SFM reconstruction,
• MVE (http://www.gcc.tu-darmstadt.de/home/proj/mve/) for Multiview Stereo Algorithm, meshing
• MVS-Texturing (http://www.gcc.tu-darmstadt.de/home/proj/texrecon/) for texture draping

I found that the three combination yields very good result, even comparable to that of Agisoft Photoscan. 

 

Another open source libraries with quite satisfactory result (as far as I have tried):

• OpenMVG, combined with OpenMVS
• TheiaSFM (http://www.theia-sfm.org/)
• Kitware MapTK (https://github.com/Kitware/maptk), motion imagery aerial photogrammetry toolkit, which accept input from a video to produce orthophotos and 3D models 
• SURE Photogrammetry (http://www.ifp.uni-stuttgart.de/publications/software/sure/index.en.html), the only libraries implementing Semi-Global Matching Algorithm that I know. Some research claimed that the result are comparable to that of LiDAR

Happy opensourcing! 

[Lurker]

interesting project shin_conan, with your project, have you achieve DSM and orthophoto already? 

using cloud based processing, I cant imagine how to manage resource with huge traffic 

[darksabersan]

 

so my friend how do you think about processing UAV data using Meshlab and VisualSFM?

 

stitching picture based on their motion when capturing is interesting concept, Microsoft also have interesting software bout it ;

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/69699e5a-5c91-4b01-898c-ef012cbb07f7/default.aspx?tduid=(515a7ed2cb698cd5dd841e750cdb3839)(256380)(2459594)(TnL5HPStwNw-xqhAQtOyAXSrDl80u.wJsg)() 

I found another one :

 

OpenDroneMap

http://opendronemap.github.io/odm/ 

I have tried the Image Composite Editor and it does pretty decent job until a certain limit.

Lens correction is really better managed in comparison with Photomerge (Photoshop) as example because this software can handle planar Imagery.

 

 

darksabersan.

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[darksabersan]

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[dexgeo]

Great!!! Thanks for sharing     

[GregBreak]

What about Envi OneBotton?

[intertronic]

does anyone has experience with https://www.opendronemap.org/ ? 

for example with the WebODM