topic Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map? in ArcGIS Drone2Map Questions

Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

warrenroberts — Wed, 11 May 2016 07:54:38 GMT

Have some questions on the drone and the drone2map software. I couldnt find a contact at Esri ?

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 11 May 2016 08:06:36 GMT

If you look at the people page of the space, Jeremy might be a good bet since he is one of the owners and the vast majority of the members are esri employees Drone2Map for ArcGIS so my guess is one of them, but I would think your post might stir some attention

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

TimothyHales — Wed, 11 May 2016 13:34:37 GMT

Jeremy Schuyler and Molly Zurn would probably be good to start with.

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

RussRoberts — Wed, 11 May 2016 17:13:59 GMT

I would also recommend checking out the beta community and posting questions there as well you might see some questions answered there under the posts or resources.

Drone2Map for ArcGIS Beta is Open | ArcGIS Blog

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

RakeshModi — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:40:06 GMT

on logging organization account arcgisdrone2map download page hide the "Free trial" button, there is only Buy Button.

how can i download. I emailed esri support team but no one reply.

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

MarkRomero — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:05:19 GMT

Feel free to reach out to me for Drone2Map questions. I'll do my best to answer them. However, for most technical issues, you can reach out to Technical Support. They now fully support Drone2Map questions.

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

SUSANMYERS — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:10:52 GMT

doc.arcgis.com/en/drone2map/ is the link that provides you with an orange button to click on.

Here is that link: Drone2Map | ArcGIS

This will download the drone2map executable to install the software.

Not sure why esri hasn't provided this from the drone2map page that comes up when you google the app.

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

SUSANMYERS — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:15:21 GMT

Hi Mark,

Do you have any suggestions as to why Drone2Map won't process even the tutorial data? Does the project and its data have to reside on the local drive? I have been trying to get the tutorials to work and Drone2Map processes for 5 seconds, says it has completed, and produces empty flight line and image location FCs and nothing as far as 2D or 3D datasets as promised in the tutorials. What am I missing?

Thanks.

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

MarkRomero — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:43:02 GMT

Susan,

I see a few users are having similar issues. I can't reproduce on my end. Did you previously have the Beta version of Drone2Map installed? Also, what operating system are you using? I've seen similar issues with machines that had the beta version installed and running Windows 10. Any details you can provide would be help us troubleshoot.

Thanks,

Mark

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

SUSANMYERS — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:09:40 GMT

Hi Mark,

Yes, I did have the Beta version of Drone2Map installed.

I am using Windows 7 Professional SP1, 64-bit OS, Intel Core i7 CPU, 1.73 GHz, 16GB RAM

I have 15.5GB free space on hard drive, so the project data is stored on and accessed from a drive on our network server.

Thank you very much,

Susan

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

RakeshModi — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 06:17:50 GMT

While logging I can not see "Free Trial" Button, there is only "Buy" button.

I have an organization account with admin rights.

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

MichaelSeybert — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:36:03 GMT

I can also help with the Drone related questions if need be.

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

warrenroberts — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:20:27 GMT

thank you!!

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

SUSANMYERS — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:44:52 GMT

Our IT folks determined where our company's network had settings that were preventing Drone2Map from processing properly. Kudos to Mark Romero @ Esri for helping us out with that!

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

JamesBushOpelika — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 22:51:45 GMT

Would an Intel Falcon 8 drone be good for Drone2Map?

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

CodyBenkelman — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 23:12:07 GMT

James

yes we have processed imagery from the Falcon 8

almost any modern drone camera will work fine in Drone2Map (regardless of the physical aircraft body that is carrying it)

Cody B

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

JamesBushOpelika — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:02:57 GMT

Cody,

Thanks for the response, from my research the camera just needs to be able to have GPS capability, correct?

We are wanting to create a 3d model of the city and then eventually 3d print a scaled version of the city. Do you think drone to map would be an efficient, easy solution to this project?

James

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Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

CodyBenkelman — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:51:39 GMT

James

Your comment about cameras is generally correct, although the processing in Drone2Map must have knowledge about the camera (primarily the sensor size and lens focal length) as well as GPS, so if you had some unknown camera (with GPS) you might still run into challenges - but I know we have processed imagery from a Falcon 8 in the past, so I am ~90% sure this will work "out of the box". However, I will admit I don't know intimate details of the Falcon 8, and if there are multiple cameras available, there is a SLIM chance we wouldn't have info about that camera in our database.

There are ways to work around this but if in doubt and you want to be sure BEFORE buying the drone and camera, I'd suggest you request 3 sample images (ideally taken above ground, with overlap) and send them to me, and I can test and confirm

As to your overall project, there are a lot more issues to discuss - but it's good to know where you're going. Here are some BRIEF thoughts, not intended to answer everything you need to consider:

Yes, Drone2Map can build a 3D model that would (SHOULD) be suitable for printing as a 3D solid model. However, this requires that one of our output formats for a 3D mesh is compatible with your 3D printer, and I can't answer that for sure. I'd suggest a SMALL test area (and if you don't want to get the drone and do the processing, I could give you models to test - they just wouldn't be in your town).
1. formats include *.i3s (this is our preferred format), OSGB, OBJ, FBX, Autocad DXF, PLY, and a 3D PDF.
Second question for the 3D printer is "does it work well with something like building overhangs?" - e.g. think of an umbrella - would your 3D printout show the top surface of the umbrella then extend from the edges straight to the ground (essentially a solid cylinder) or would you really expect it to be an umbrella or mushroom shape?
3rd is to explore the legal requirements on flying a drone. You will need special permission to fly over pedestrians in the city.
4th is total area. I see Opelika is 60 square miles - that's not a big project for photography from a manned aircraft, but it is LARGE for a drone project. Realistically it would take you many separate days of flying, and you'd run multiple overlapping projects through Drone2Map. That should be doable, but merging many projects requires additional decisions. And note you may end up with brightness and color differences across the city (bright sunny day in May for one flight, cloudy day in April for another...).

If you look at this example http://esriurl.com/EsriCampus3D it will illustrate some of these issues.

This is 1/6 of 1 square mile, and required 3 drone flights to cover our full campus. You could do more in one full day, and you could cover more area if you flew higher than we did but you'd get lower resolution. I'm only estimating but you might need 60 days of flying (good weather, possible clouds & cloud shadows, etc.) to cover 60 square miles.
Also, look at the trees - you'll have many features in the 3D mesh that will have a small bottom and large volume overhead (my "umbrella" or mushroom comment above). Also, there may well be some objects "floating" above the ground such as some of the tree canopy. This would require editing before sending to a 3D printer...

I hope that is helpful
Cody B

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

MichaelVolz — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:59:11 GMT

Can you share some of the network settings that needed to be changed in order for this to work?

Was anti-virus or anti-malware software an issue?

Re: Do we have a contact at Esri for the Drone2Map?

CodyBenkelman — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 01:28:37 GMT

Michael

that post was from August 2016. The current release of Drone2Map is 2.0 (with 2.1 about to be released) and the core software architecture has changed dramatically.

If you are having trouble with version 2.0, please call our tech support.

Cody B.