Altizure for 3DR Solo

[Tamj]

I've been looking for a 3D modeling app such as Altizure to play around with.

Anyone have a suggestion? I'd prefer either a free or open source version if possible since I'm only exploring the possibility at the moment.

 

[franknitty69]

Pix4D Mapper Discovery is free but you can only export videos, not obj
Pix4Dmapper Discovery - Pix4D

agisoft photoscan has 30 day trial and is one the best mapping software out
Agisoft PhotoScan

OpenDroneMap is open source but is more complicated to setup (ubuntu linux only)
OpenDroneMap

also the free plan on dronedeploy lets you do 5 models per month but you can't export.
DroneDeploy: Powerful cloud-based drone software.

 

[Tamj]

Thank you for your reply, Frank.

I tried the Android versions of DroneDeploy and Pix4D but it does not connect to the Solo. All the apps I found seem to only support DJI Phantoms. Does the desktop software version differ?

 

[franknitty69]

it doesn't matter because with pix4dmapper discovery and dronedeploy the images can be acquired by any means. so you would use tower to map, inject the gps exif, upload the images and then process from there.

in pix4dmapper discovery you import your images and in dronedeploy you use the map engine function to upload images.

also pix4dcapture and dronedeploy apps will be soon compatible with solo.

 

[Burkeam]

It would be nice to have a app on the tablet to auto sync the geo tag on your photos. This is what Sitescan does. Fly you mission, remove the sd card from the GP and insert into the tablet. It will then write the geotag info. I'd pay $200 for that app

 

[Tamj]

Really? I wonder why we can't just remotely turn on the GoPro's wifi when the Solo is disarmed and just copy pictures off of the memory card that way. This can be easily automated too so all you have to do is land and wait for the app to download and tag automatically after each landing.

It's so much less cumbersome that way.