A drone just happened to show up at our office today. Camera, Lidar Sensor, propellers, blah blah blah.
My coworker has done a bit more digging than I have in regards to postprocessing software but as of now we are undecided. We will be signing up for a few free trials to see what workflow suits us the best. Pix4d and some TBC package are two that we will be trying out shortly.
My biggest question is what are some workflow methods to get your drone data into a printed 2D map. My coworker mentioned that there are some automated tools in some software to identify objects such as curbs, pavement, buildings, etc and automatically create representative 3D linework for those objects. Intriguing - but I have yet to find any good videos or websites clearly demonstrating that capability.
As of yet I can not really find any clear examples of turning any drone data into a 2D map. I've seen amazing 3D models and point clouds but no results translated to paper. Are not many users needing to make paper maps from their drones (just sending out 3D models?) or am I just terrible at searching for this?
Is it practical to create linework by snapping to a point cloud?