It has been a while since our last update! The biggest news is we now process up to 25 geo-tagged images into high resolution Orthomosaics, DEM, DSM and 3D Models for free. The site now only accepts geo-tagged images and will only process imagery with the correct EXIF metadata/geo-tags.

ConservationDrones.Org:

Lian Pin Koh and Serge Wich are doing some really interesting work with Drones. They have created a non profit organization called Conservation Drones (conservationdrones.org) with a mission to develop low-cost tools for conservation and research workers in developing countries! We mapped a large jungle canopy with an active Orangutan nest. More information on DM News and here.

Full orthomosaic of Orangutan Nest tract

3D Model of Danau Girang for ConservationDrones.org

Remote Sensing:

Using the geo-referenced orthomosaic that DroneMapper creates and opencv we can detect certain features and create shapefiles from them. Here the algorithm is looking for round objects of a certain size and attributes. If detections occur, a geo-referenced shapefile mask of the target is created! I am working to add different routines to count and classify different objects in the final orthomosaic.

Round object detection routine. Layers: Bing Aerial, DroneMapper Ortho, Round Objects Shapefile

Original geo-referenced orthomosaic and Bing Aerial layer

Line Detection Routine on Golf Course in CH.

Shapefile results. (modifications and improvements needed in order to adapt to a road detection scheme)