topic Is it possible to import cloud file created in Agisoft Photoscan? in ArcGIS Drone2Map Questions

Is it possible to import cloud file created in Agisoft Photoscan?

ChristopherClement — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:37:14 GMT

I have some dense clouds that were created in Agisoft Photoscan and was wondering if there is a way to import those into Drone2Map? We have to use Photoscan because we are doing coral reef work under water, which prevents the possibility of having embedded coordinates from GPS.

A related question is it is my understanding is that Drone2Map will not work with images that do not have embedded lat/longs, is that correct?

Re: Is it possible to import cloud file created in Agisoft Photoscan?

WilliamShuart — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:11:18 GMT

Yes, you'll need x,y,z information either embedded in the exif of the images - or in a csv someplace that can be pulled. I am not aware that you can import a cloud into any software as the "las"/"cloud" is created from the processing and adjustment of the imagery in the project that is processed by the software.

Re: Is it possible to import cloud file created in Agisoft Photoscan?

MikiYAMAMOTO — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 01:38:34 GMT

Hi Christopher,

Unfortunately there's no tool to import nor visualize point cloud data into/on D2M. I recommend you to use ArcGIS Pro to do something (view, edit, analyze, share) with point cloud data

Cheers,