Getting Started with Open Drone Map (ODM)

Name: Getting Started with Open Drone Map (ODM)
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Install, Setup and Learn How to use Free Drone Photogrammetry Software

Created byScott Lussier

Last updated 5/2022

English

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What you'll learn

Download and install Free and Open Source photogrammetry software
Create 2D data products with your drone (Orthomosaics and DSMs and DTMs)
Create to make 3D data products with your drone (Models and Volume Calculations)
Master Photogrammetry techniques from drone photographs

Course content

5 sections • 27 lectures • 2h 26m total length

1-1 Welcome to Class2:20
Install and use Open Drone Map to create mosaics and 3D models from drone imagery, leveraging photogrammetry and structure from motion for GIS-ready data.
1-2 What is Open Drone Map?4:52
Learn how open drone map, a free open-source photogrammetry toolkit, enables beginners to create ortho mosaics and 3d models from drone imagery, with installation guidance.
1-3 ODM Versus - A Software Comparison9:00

2-1 Installing Open Drome Map from Github for Free13:20
Written installation instructions are also available in the Resources section.
2-2 Installing WebODM via the Paid Installer5:22
2-3 A Quick Look at the ODM Interface4:45
Explore the odm interface by creating a project and uploading drone images, then view ortho photos, surface and terrain models, plant health, and 3d point clouds.
2-4 Sample Datasets for Practice3:26
2-5 A Quick 3D Rendering of Bananas4:58
2-6 Uploading Drone Photos into ODM7:00

3-1 Orthophotos and Orthomosaics5:23
Clarify the difference between ortho photos and ortho mosaics, define geo-rectified top-down ortho images for precise gis measurements, and explain stitching overlapping photos into a large, high-resolution mosaic.
3-2 Surface and Terrain Models3:16
3-3 3D Model Formats5:46
Explore common 3d model formats in open drone map workflows, including point clouds (las or laz), obj with its material files (mtl), ply meshes, geotiff imagery, and geojson camera positions.
3-4 Other Terms to Know8:12

4-1 Creating Orthos, Plant Health Analysis, Surface Model and Terrain Model10:08
4-2 3D Interface - Camera2:08
4-3 3D Interface - Textured Models0:52
Explore the textured model in the ODM 3D interface, draping images over the mesh for a realistic look. Enable texture modeling with a checkbox and access assets from the dashboard.
4-4 3D Interface - Appearance3:59
4-5 3D Interface - Tools (Measurement, Clipping, Navigation)10:19
4-6 3D Interface - Scene Export1:40
4-7 3D Interface - Filter and Classification2:52
4-8 - A Quick 3D Model Test of a Complicated Building6:21
Discover how to generate a 3d model from drone images in odm, producing a point cloud and textured model, then refine with extra photos and cleanup.

5-1 Downloading Assets3:11
5-2 Tour of a Quality Report4:51
5-3 Ground Control Point (GCP) Interface9:21
5-4 Cloud Processing with Lightning Network4:33
5-5 ODM Community Forum4:13
Explore the open drone map forum, a generous open-source community where beginners and experts share troubleshooting tips, browse topics, and learn from real-world 3d elevation model discussions.
5-6 Using Your Newly Minted Orthos in GIS3:56
Import ODM ortho imagery into QGIS and overlay with base maps. Trace buildings and add features like water pipes and power lines to create a detailed neighborhood GIS.

Requirements

No experience necessary for installation or analysis. Sample data is available.

Description

Drones are incredible machines, capable of creating amazingly useful mapping products. By using drone images, one can create detailed maps and models of the earth through a process called Photogrammetry. Essentially, you computer analyzes the same area in multiple images and calculates a 3D model. Because of photogrammetry's usefulness, it is very expensive. However, there is a better way. A great way to get started with this is downloading and installing Open Drone Map, a free and open source software package available to everyone on the web. This course instructs you on how to:

Download and Install Open Drone Map, a free and open source photogrammetry software package
Load in photos that you took with your drone
Create data products such as Orthophotos, Orthomosaics, Digital Surface Models, Digital Terrain Models, 3D models
Take these data products and get them into GIS software for further analysis

Your Instructor has been making digital maps for over 30 years and teaching digital map making techniques at a University in Boston, MA for over 15 years. He has taught countless GIS labs using both ESRI products and, as of late, QGIS software. Around 5 years ago, the drones arrived and have allowed map makers to create high resolution background images of their study areas. As the digital mapping field matures into 3D visualization, drones as data collection machines continue to increase in usefulness.

This course is designed for folks who want to get started in Photogrammetry without having to pony up big bucks for the commercial software. With ODM, you can learn all you want for free. You may graduate up more complicated software at some point if your products start turning a real profit. You may find however that ODM fills all your needs and you'll never have to pay those high costs.

The course comes with instructions on how to get to many sample data sets as well as written instructions for software installation. With this course you have everything you need to get up and running. Now is the time to level up your drone game!

Who this course is for:

Drone pilots who wish to learn 2D and 3D mapping techniques
Those who want to learn drone photogrammetry for free

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 16min

Installation and Setup6 lectures • 39min

Photogrammetry Terms and Concepts4 lectures • 23min

The WebODM User Interface8 lectures • 38min

Additional Features6 lectures • 30min

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