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Recent content by Gr8Basin

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    Flight planning and capture option for M210 v2

    You may want to consider ESRI SiteScan Lite in your process. So far the best “terrain follow” mission planner I’ve tried. I’d consider myself still early in the trying process, but I’ve been thoroughly impressed with what I’ve seen so far. I've tried Map Pilot Pro, and it is a great app except...
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    Need some idea's or advice

    If you utilize Pix4D capture, you can fly it manually with set photo interval (horizontals & vertical). You can then dictate how far away from you/dam face and fly the face, then move to the next level down and repeat until you get sufficient coverage. I’ve also made use of the SiteScan Lite...
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    Pix4dcloud and 3d models

    I’ve tried and tried to improve the mesh output in Pix4D for 3D mesh of rock outcrops and just never came away with a satisfactory product that yielded an near “real” look end result. I trialed Bentley ContextCapture and upon the first successful (took a couple tries to figure out) I had a...
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    Site mapping with 6" accuracy

    Darcy - for what you are looking for, it’s pretty tough to have confidence that your results would be regularly sub foot once processed, especially without GCP’s. The aeropoints are a good option, but in an ideal setting need to be out for at least an hour. If you’re strictly looking for a rough...
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    Zenmuse X7 for Mapping/Modeling

    Yeah, I lucked out and found a steal of a price for a new X4S a few months back. Kicking myself I didn't grab an additional from that stock, but one only needs so many cameras is what I keep telling myself :) I process locally. I've been using PIX4D to date, but just recently picked up...
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    Zenmuse X7 for Mapping/Modeling

    Yeah, for the appendage one gives up for a camera/lens combo, it’s not something that receives a lot of fanfare in place of the X4S. I’ve been using the X4S for just over a year now, or the equivalent in the p4p. Thrilled with how they work. Picked up a 2nd X4S after I learned of their ceased...
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    Zenmuse X7 for Mapping/Modeling

    Well, Sir, I appreciate the digging you did that has provided a good amount of further detail than I’ve received from DJI so far. Thank you! I too, thought it interesting the X5S didn’t have this capability, and wholeheartedly agree its a spendy upgrade. I would think this capability would be...
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    Zenmuse X7 for Mapping/Modeling

    I'm looking at using the X7 for some modeling projects and see that it's capable of a mechanical shutter within a shutter speed range 1/1000-8s. I've asked DJI if there is a way to ensure the camera has shot in the mechanical shutter mode if shooting within the shutter speed specs, but the only...