Latest Contributions by JamesTaylor3

We recently determined that Drone2Map will crash in certain circumstances if it is installed after ArcGIS Pro.  Try this: Leave Drone2Map installed, remove ArcGIS Pro and reinstall.   You may also want to try starting Drone2Map in between (after removing ArcGIS Pro). ... View more

Are you processing using the Rapid or 2D Project Template?  The Rapid Project Template will produce products with a lower resolution, it is designed to do quick low resolution processing. ... View more

Check and see if you have "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.6161" installed.  If not message me and I'll see what we can figure out. ... View more

Check and see if you have "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.6161" installed.  If not message me and I'll see what we can figure out. ... View more

Mike,    No images are uploaded.  The ImagePoints feature class only contains point features representing the camera stations (the position from which the photo was taken).  The feature does have a "FullPath" attribute containing the path to the image on the original system/drive, however we remove that attribute when publishing hosted feature layers since it is no longer relevant once uploaded. jt  ... View more

The contours should be in C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Drone2Map Projects\<project>\products\2D\Contours ... View more

Drones sometimes record inaccurate flight heights in the EXIF tags of the images causing products to be built at the wrong elevation.  This includes 3D point clouds and meshes as well as 2D DSM/DTM images and contours lines.  To correct the images for use in Drone2Map for ArcGIS 1.2 it is necessary to create a file with more accurate altitudes which can be imported into Drone2Map for ArcGIS 1.2.     The steps to correct image altitudes are detailed below.  (Drone2Map for ArcGIS 1.3 will contain functionality to Adjust Image Altitudes automatically): To adjust image altitudes, you will need three things: A CSV File containing the image name, lat, long, alt fields The Relative Altitude (height above ground) at which the drone was flown The Orthometric Elevation on the ground above which the drone was flown Step #1: Creating the CSV file: Create a new Drone2Map for ArcGIS project Select the “3D Mapping Template” Change the “Vertical Reference” to “No Conversion” Add the images to the project Click “OK” Open the “Image Properties” dialog from the ribbon Click the” Image Options” dropdown Click “Export All” Click “Save” Step #2: Finding the Relative Altitude: You will need the altitude you specified in the Mission Planning application to fly the drone at.  If you remember this altitude you can proceed to the next step, if not you will need to retrieve the relative altitude from the EXIF tags of one of the project images or some other file output by the Mission Planning application (Note:  Not all drones record the relative altitude). You will only need the Relative Altitude of a single image, usually just the first image in the project (taken once the drone reached the proper altitude of course).   Retrieving the Relative Altitude from the EXIF tags: You will need software which reads the EXIF tags of an image.  We will leave it to you to search the internet and find a suitable application, however we have used Exiftool without any issues in the past (https://sourceforge.net/projects/exiftool/) Look for the tag containing the Relative Altitude.  For example with Exiftool:                                               About                                    : DJI Meta Data Format                                 : image/jpeg Absolute Altitude             : +230.33 Relative Altitude             : +27.10 Other locations of Relative Altitude: Some Mission Planning applications write additional files that may contain image information.  Look in all project and text files output by the Mission Planning application.   Step #3: Getting the Orthometric Elevation: You will only need the Orthometric Elevation of the point at which a single image was taken, usually just the first image in the project (taken once the drone reached the proper altitude of course).   Since drone project areas are relatively small this elevation can be applied to the entire project to successfully produce products representing the proper elevation. We will be adding a Ground Control Point (GCP) to the Drone2Map for ArcGIS project temporarily to get the Orthometric Elevation.  This GCP can then be deleted. Open the Drone2Map for ArcGIS project you created in Step #1 Click “Manage GCPs” in the ribbon In the “Manage GCPs” window click “From Map” Click on the first image point in the map (you can close the “Image Viewer” if it opens) Record the “Elevation ” of the GCP added to the table in the “Manage GCPs” window Click “Clear” (Remove All GCPs) Step #4: Correcting the Image Altitude values: Open the CSV File you created in Step #1 Change the “altitude” column for all images to the sum of Relative Altitude + Orthometric Elevation Save and close the CSV file Step #5: Applying the corrected Image Altitude values to the project: Open the Drone2Map for ArcGIS project you created in Step #1 Open the “Image Properties” dialog from the ribbon Click the” Image Options” dropdown Click “Set All GPS Source” Browse to the CSV file you created in Step #1 Click “OK” in the “Set GPS Source” dialog Click “OK” in the “Image Properties” dialog Step #6: Run the project: The project will run and produce products that reflect the proper Orthometric Elevations and will hence display properly on an Orthometric basemap/surface such as those in Drone2Map for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online. ... View more

Hi Lars, If this is a DJI Drone there can be errors in the altitude values in the image EXIF tags.  There is a method of exporting and correcting the altitudes that will correct the point clouds and mesh elevations.   I will look for some documentation on how to do that and get it to you. As for the Ortho and DSM missing could you do the following: - Edit %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\ArcGIS\Drone2Map\Bin\data\config\log.json - Change the logLevel to "debug" and save the file - Start D2M, open the project and run processing Then send me the following (I'm PM you my email): - Zip file containing all the files in:   %LOCALAPPDATA%\Drone2Map\log - Zip file containing all the files in:   C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Drone2Map Projects\<project<\process\project\logs - C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Drone2Map Projects\<project<\process\project\project.log ... View more

It may be that you didn’t fly the mission with enough overlap everywhere.    - 75% frontal and 60% side overlap in general cases. - 85% frontal and 70% side overlap for forests, dense vegetation and fields. - 85% frontal overlap for single track corridor mapping. Use 60% side overlap if the corridor is acquired using two flight lines.   Open the processing report from:  "C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Drone2Map Projects\<project>\report\ProcessingReport.pdf"  (There is also a button on the ribbon in Drone2Map to open this report).   If you look in this report you can see if there is enough overlap.  Look for the diagram that looks like:   You want to see all Green in this image. (This one is from a project with not enough overlap). ... View more

There is no functionality in Drone2Map to do that, however if you create a Drone2Map project and replace "C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Drone2Map Projects\<project>\process\project.p4d" with the *.p4d file you created with Pix4DMapper it should work. ... View more

 It looks like only 465 of 550 images where calibrated.   My guess is that you didn’t fly the mission with enough overlap everywhere.    - 75% frontal and 60% side overlap in general cases. - 85% frontal and 70% side overlap for forests, dense vegetation and fields. - 85% frontal overlap for single track corridor mapping. Use 60% side overlap if the corridor is acquired using two flight lines. Open the processing report from:  "C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Drone2Map Projects\<project>\report\ProcessingReport.pdf"  (There is also a button on the ribbon in Drone2Map to open this report).   If you look in this report you can see if there is enough overlap.  Look for the diagram that looks like:   You want to see all Green in this image. (This one is from a project with not enough overlap). ... View more

There's no way to perform just the merge step in Drone2Map.  You can however rerun just the 2D Products Step (Ortho step) by unchecking the other boxes in Processing Options.    I sent you a message, I can take a look at the problem for you if you like. jt ... View more

Can you provide a little more details on what you are trying to do and what's happening?  Is Drone2Map processing failing with the error you listed above? ... View more

Are you licensing against an ArcGIS Online Organization or your own on-premise Portal for ArcGIS? ... View more

Did you install Drone2Map for ArcGIS behind a firewall (with no access to www.arcgis.com) and intent to license to a Portal for ArcGIS? If so this is a known issue with Drone2Map 1.2.   The first time you start Drone2Map it attempts to license to www.arcgis.com.  If you are behind a firewall then licensing can not reach that url and the application will not open.  (apologies, this has been corrected and will be released in a future build).   The work around is: Edit the file "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\IsolatedStorage\zovy5ns2.wpc\polmcoza.1d1\Publisher.kakyaydnplrkukgdwqg2aisd4iopallh\AssemFiles\LicensingOptions"  (the specific path may be different on your system).   It will contain: https://www.arcgis.com 3 True   You need to edit this file to contain your on premise URL: https://myserver.mydomain.com/portal 4 False ... View more