geopro_consultants, post: 409220, member: 9959 wrote: We're developing something in-house right now because nothing in the market has worked for me. I...

Are the checkboard or iron cross patterns advantageous to the software? Is that point of intersection of the contrasting black & white what the s...

That is a nice looking image. I guess my somewhat vague questions is How Good is It? Is this a design level deliverable? Are you confident in giving...

Lee,Thanks again for the tips. I started from scratch. Marked GCPs in 3-4 images. Total of 12 ground points (9 GCP + 3 CP's). Ran the 3D Maps Temp...

CutePDF is good, not quite on par with the "dwg to pdf.pc3" method. My complaint with CutePDF is the PDF is always in portrait orientation and doesn...

Lee,Looks like I sent the wrong report. I have corrected for rolling shutter, marked 12 GCP's on 3-4 images and then did "Automatic Search" to label ...

Good tip. I like those. Attached is my quality report. I believe this is from my first go-round, before I adjusted for rolling shutter. The ground...

Finally flew the 45 acre site yesterday. It was sunny, light wind, half inch of snow on ground. Ground control is something we're still figuring out...

leegreen, post: 410808, member: 2332 wrote: Dan,Shadows cause problems on all aerial imagery. In Pix4D, I have noticed shadows on a paved road will ca...

Lee,I thought bright days were best as you can lower ISO and ensure good image quality? Do the shadows cause issues in Pix4D? Thanks, appreciate you...

leegreen, post: 410774, member: 2332 wrote: I have a project in that Cincy, and my twin brother lives just across the river in Walton, KY.By the way, ...

GMPLS, post: 410773, member: 8404 wrote: Lee, I assume that you don't use your camera in the auto setting and manually adjust your apeture so the shut...

Lee, I'm in Ohio (Cincinnati). Haven't seen much sun in a few weeks. Peeked out this morning but it's clouded back in.

I have that setting in the P3A also (the overexposure). I will try the Map Pilot App, prev. used DroneDeploy, which was just okay. Good to know on t...

Camera quality, sensor size, and megapixels is the DATA IN for this partiuclar workflow. I typically shoot 12mp JPEGs from the Phantom 3 Advanced. H...

I understand. Yes, we don't do a lot of these large sites (anymore) so this one is more of a one-off. I'm hesitant to go fixed wing, high cost, unti...

leegreen, post: 410488, member: 2332 wrote: The P4-Pro with Map Pilot + Terrain Feature awareness by Maps Made Easy, run double grid. Process with Pix...

leegreen, post: 410482, member: 2332 wrote: 300' AGL with a P3 is not going to work well at all. The GSD will be too larger, then the error will incre...

mkennedy, post: 410410, member: 7183 wrote: This is probably not a "good enough" quadcopter, but woot is selling today (22 January 2017 until 10pm pst...