Excellent input -- thanks, DougcJohn. I do a bunch of LItchi waypoint photo missions but was not aware that they have a feature that will design a mapping mission. That's embarrassing. Now I have to go hunt it up. You've given me some good stuff to check out. Thanks............. bob r
Actually they aren't Litchi and they don't do any advertisement... "Yet".
Personally, I think they have a close relationship with Litchi Developers.
I found them indirectly when researching 3D modeling programs... the Owner of iWittness pointed me toward DJIFlightPlanner.
They are an Aussie company that has developed some pretty unique software... they have a sister company that developed a strong 3D mapping program heavily used in auto reconstruction, called iWittness Pro.
They're bringing some cool new features out for their product soon... and if you email them, they'll send you and eval...and happily extend it if you're still evaluating.
I've enjoyed communicating with the Programmer, and they seem very receptive to fresh ideas & input too.
He's hinted on some of the terrain features they're adding, as well as several other components.
I personally have found it an interesting product because it keeps you in the Litchi environment even when mapping.
Also, the ability to place in normal Litchi components... prior to mapping, after mapping completed, etc.
Example: I've noticed MapsMadeEasy when uploading a series of map shots... asks for a ground photo to be included.
Using MME, there I haven't found the way to take a photo prior to launch within MME.
Adding a few extra shots using Litchi isn't difficult.
Check out their other product: DJI AfterFlight
Software for post-flight image analysis using metadata
www.djiafterflight.com
The 3D Modeling product is called iWitness Pro... looks pretty potent for the price too.
iWitness and iWitnessPRO are low-cost and accurate close-range photogrammetry software systems for image-based measurement and digital surface modeling.
iwitnessphoto.com
Our new iWitnessPRO-V4 photogrammetry software systems support the automatic generation of fully textured high-resolution 3D models, digital surface models & orthoimages. From a network of oriented images, iWitnessPRO-V4 perform 3D object reconstruction using photogrammetry and dense image...
www.photometrix.com.au