What are orthoplanes? Solar panels inspection example

An orthplane is an orthomosaic (or orthorectified image) from a facade of a building or any other vertical or angled object that has a more or less planar surface, examples: roofs, solar panels, bridge pillar,… And what is an orthomosaic? An orthomosaic is an image that has been corrected for optical distortions from the sensor …

Railway bridge inspection

Drone inspection of the Pont de Bory railway bridge using DJI Phantom4Pro and Pix4D mapper for photogrammetry reconstruction. Mean resolution: 0.2 cm/pixel Bridge was built in 1925 and is still in use by the SBB/CFF train company.   Want to learn more about orthoplane? Follow this link Bridge pillar inspection – Drone photogrammetry by sr-prod …

High resolution communal area mapping

This high resolution orthomosaic was created using a DJI Phantom4Pro drone flying between 140 and 150 meters above ground level (AGL) over about 1.6 square km. All 800 images were then processed with Pix4D mapper to produce a 5cm/pixel resolution orthomosaic of a neighborhood in Lutry This map can be useful for communes whishing to …

30 kilometres of Côte d’Azur beach virtual tour

How about taking a tour to the sunny South of France beaches and littoral path? We have created the perfect solution for you with this 30 km virtual tour! Put your swimming suit on, some sun cream and hop in! This tour was created using a Freedom explorer 360° rig with six GoPro4, pictures were …

Château de Brégançon – Virtual tour

We are proud to present our very first virtual tour! This tour allows you to navigate inside the Château de Brégançon cellar and selling space. It was captured using a Freedom explorer 360 rig with six GoPro4, pictures were then assembled in AutoPano Giga, improved and corrected in Photoshop, and finally assembled in Panotour Pro

Drone Photogrammetry – Getting accurate data

Georeferencing With drone photogrammetry becoming more and more popular and easier to perform, a few important things must be kept in mind when producing 3D models, especially if the requested output is used for high accuracy measurements. When working solely with the drone’s internal GPS (and not RTK system), images are georeferenced with an error …

Orthoplane with Pix4D

Orthoplane is an orthorectified image of any planar object. Orthoplane can be extracted from building facades or such as in this case vertical rockfaces with the help of drone imagery This type of rectified rockface images can be extremely useful for geologists, geomorphologists, risk assessment managers,… as it allows high resolution visualization to locations that …