Showcase | UAV use in agriculture for manure comparison Project scope PRECISION AGRICULTURE

Show visually how different applications of manure have an impact on plant health and growth Analyze plant health differentiation within a field to geo-locate and quantify least stress areas and hotspots

KEY BENEFITS

Results with very high resolution Field specific results at lower cost On-demand availability of data

SHOWCASE DETAILS

Wheat field of 40 hectares, Ontario, Canada

Orthomosaic false color: near-infrared, green, blue

Data acquisition HARDWARE & FLIGHTPLAN

UAV: senseFly eBee Camera: Canon PowerShot ELPH 110HS with NIR-G-B filter Flightplan: 75% - 85% overlap, flight height at 120 m above ground

TIME ON SITE

45 minutes (5 minutes UAV preparation time / 25 minutes flight time / 15 minutes for Rapid Check processing)

DATASET

345 images / GSD of 3.7 cm

COMPARISON WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS

Traditional method: Analysis through yield monitoring or weigh wagon without visual identification during crop season Mapping with UAV: Acquire and analyze fresh data relevant to ground truth. Possibility to quantify patterns visible on the ground that cannot be identified otherwise (without aerial imagery and data analysis) / very fast result return time from start to finish

Output results DELIVERABLES

• Orthomosaic • DSM for elevation (relevant for PH patterns, salinity patterns) • Bare ground images RGB (drainage location, soil type differences, waterlogging) • NDVI crop health differences to find hotspots, quantify area in size for decision making and convert into applications maps after ground proofing

PROCESSING TIME

Project processing: 2 hours Preparation of NDVI: 10 minutes

RESULTS ANALYSIS

NDVI results exactly matched the data recorded during manure application (how much manure was applied in what exact location), proving the accuracy of results acquired with UAV technology and automatic image processing

OVERALL PROJECT DELIVERY

Results delivered to client in 1 business day (24 hours), including travel time to site, flight time, project processing, result production and analysis

Green normalized difference vegetation Index (GNDVI)

Orthomosaic detail (true color: RGB)

Client reference SHOWCASE COURTESY OF:

Ag Business & Crop Inc. for a test project run by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Canada)

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Showcase | Oxide Pile Volumetric Analysis Project scope MINING

Provide a convenient, safe and fast solution to gather accurate data for volumetric analysis through contour lines as well as reconciliation of the obtained data with the electrowinning plant all the while reducing fieldexposure in hazardous areas for involved personnel.

KEY BENEFITS

Fast delivery of reliable results Flexibility Minimize risk for data acquisition

SHOWCASE DETAILS

Oxide Pile, 60'000m2 (last layer of pile)

Data acquisition AREA

Safe, small and unobtrusive area for UAV take-off and landing Surveyed area hazardous due to toxic material and heavy machinery operation

TIME ON SITE

25 minutes (10 minutes flight time / 15 minutes Quality Report check and UAV preparation)

DATASET

38 images / GSD of 6.39 cm

COMPARISON WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS

Traditional method: Daily estimation of angle & height using ground survey tools and measuring only from one side of the pile due to inaccessibility. Method leading to poor volumetric analysis as well as implicating high-risk factor for data acquisition in close proximity of hazardous area. Mapping with UAV: Full 3D mapping allowing for perfect measurement of angle & height and resulting in accurate volumetric measurement as well as possibility for data reconciliation. Reduction of safety issues due to aerial surveying.

Output results DELIVERABLES

• Point Cloud (LAS, Vulcan compatible) • Contour lines (Autocad DWG, ArcGIS SHP) • Volumetric analysis • Orthomosaic

DELIVERY TIME

15 minutes for on-site Rapid processing & delivery of Quality Report on laptop 1 hour for Full processing on laptop

RESULTS ANALYSIS

Ultra-high resolution / point cloud of 1.8 million points Accuracy: GSD of 6,39 cm

High-resolution Orthomosaic

Digital Surface Model and contour lines

3D Model Cross section with level

Client reference SHOWCASE COURTESY OF:

WS-Ingenieria Ltda., Santiago Chile

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Showcase | Stockpile Volumetric Analysis Project scope MINING

Provide a more simple and flexible solution to gather accurate data for volumetric analysis up to 10km2 in 10 hours delivery time only all the while reducing exposure on the field for involved personnel in hazardous areas

KEY BENEFITS

Improve flexibility Minimize risk Fast delivery of reliable results

SHOWCASE DETAILS

Stockpile of 1km2, Chile

Data acquisition AREA

Safe, small and unobtrusive area for UAV take-off and landing Surveyed area hazardous due to rockfall, unstable grounds, landslides

TIME ON SITE

45 minutes (15 minutes preparation and GCP marking / 30 minutes flight time)

DATASET

193 images / GSD of 5.8 cm

COMPARISON WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS

Traditional method: Mobile laser scanner: 3 people / 1 full day for volumetric analysis of 1km2 Mapping with UAV: UAV method: 1 person / 4 hours for volumetric analysis of 1km2

Output results DELIVERABLES

• LAS laser scanner point cloud (Vulcan compatible) • Contour lines (Autocad DWG, ArcGIS SHP) • Volumetric analysis • Orthomosaic

DELIVERY TIME

15 minutes for on-site Rapid processing & delivery of Quality Report on laptop 3 hours for Full processing on laptop

RESULTS ANALYSIS

Ultra-high resolution / point cloud of 2 million points Accuracy: GSD of 5,8 cm, sigma < 0.05m

Digital Surface Model and contour lines

Profile measurement

Client reference SHOWCASE COURTESY OF:

WS-Ingenieria Ltda., Santiago Chile

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Showcase | Large scale mapping using manned aircraft



Project scope AERIAL IMAGERY

The area was photographed and processed because previous attempts to purchasing existing data sets were prohibitively expensive and new imagery was not available

KEY BENEFITS

Data acquisition and processing without need for large photogrammetric sensor & IMU Fast delivery of high-resultion results Automatic workflow that is both easy to use and intuitive (no training needed) Easy and fast editing possibilities for artifact correction

SHOWCASE DETAILS

500 square kilometer area in California, USA

Data acquisition HARDWARE & FLIGHTPLAN

Aircraft: Cessna 206, custom-fitted with a vertical port Camera: 21.1 megapixel Canon 5D Mark II with 50mm lens Flightplan: Parallel lines with 50% side overlap

TIME ON SITE

70 minutes flying time, distance flown = 448km

DATASET

1'665 images / GSD of 48cm

GEO-REFERENCING

Total of 9 GCPs

COMPARISON WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS

Traditional method: Previous solutions for this type of work would have required days or weeks to mosaic, correct artifacts and georectify the imagery. The final product would not have been as accurate and would have required substantially more work and time. Processing with Pix4Dmapper: Increased efficiency, allowing for large projects to be delivered withing a few days of acquisition. Without this technology, such mapping projects are not possible within this time period.

Output results DELIVERABLES

Geo-referenced orthomosaic with an overall accuracy of 48cm

PROCESSING TIME

Project processing: 24 hours Manual correction of minor articacts using the integrated Mosaic Editor: 8 hours

OVERALL PROJECT DELIVERY

Results delivered to end-client in a 48 hours time span, from data acquisition to finalized and edited orthomosaic

Extract of Pix4Dmapper quality report

Pix4D processed base imagery with high-resolution data set overlay

Mark & Steven Holtzman acquiring imagery with their Cessna 206

Client reference SHOWCASE COURTESY OF:

West Coast Aerial Photography Inc., Los Angeles, California, USA Website: www.photopilot.com

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Your choice: buy or rent Pix4Dmapper to scale the desktop software to your needs.

Discovery

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Discover image processing technology! Process and assess your projects with limited output results

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All options included Support and Upgrade included for 1st year, optional as of 2nd year at USD 870 per year

License can be installed on 2 computers

License can be installed on 2 computers

License can be installed on 2 computers

One for on-site Rapid Check and one for Full Processing mode

One for on-site Rapid Check and one for Full Processing mode

One for on-site Rapid Check and one for Full Processing mode

Hardware specifications: Minimum requirements: Windows 64bit / 7, 8, Server / 2-Core CPU / 4GB RAM Recommended: 6-Core CPU i7 or Xeon / 32GB RAM (or more depending on dataset size)

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ACCURACY + EFFICIENCY

CONVERT + DELIVER Pix4Dmapper is your complete mapping and modelling solution to convert thousands of images into geo-referenced 2D mosaics and 3D models.

Need to measure volume extractions or stockpile volumes for the mining industry? Create NDVIs from multi-spectral sensors for the precision agriculture sector? Generate contour lines and manage environmental changes of natural resources? Produce precise and timely maps and models for construction, cultural heritage or archaeology sites?

Pix4Dmapper automatically processes terrestrial and aerial imagery acquired by light-weight UAV or aircraft using its innovative technology based purely on image content. And converts your images into highly accurate, precise, customizable and timely results for a wide range of GIS and CAD applications.

Innovation Stay always one step ahead with our latest innovations combining the best from Computer Vision and Photogrammetry

Input + Process Use any camera and lens, from any angle, and include geotags and GCPs for precise geo-referencing. Choose your processing options and assess the quality and completeness of your input images at all stages, even while still in the field. Processing is made easy with the fully automatic workflow.

Accuracy Achieve survey-grade accurate and precise results from lightweight compact cameras to large photogrammetric sensors

Assess + Edit Keep full control of your projects with these integrated editing tools: Efficiency Use the fully automatic workflow and let the software handle all calibration and processing

The rayCloud editor combines the 3D point cloud with the original images and is a groundbreaking concept that offers you a completely new viewing and annotating experience. Use the rayCloud editor to view, assess, interpret and improve the quality and accuracy of your results. And measure, vectorize, classify and perform GIS and CAD functionalities directly in the rayCloud editor.

The Mosaic editor is your answer to beautiful maps with a few clicks. Improve the quality of the automatically generated orthomosaic with the easiest seamline editing tool available in the market.

The Index calculator enables you to create and customize index maps, using your multi-spectral imagery with radiometric accuracy. Application maps can then be produced by integrating the results, such as NDVI, into all major AG management software packages.

Output + Share Choose from a variety of formats for your geo-referenced orthomosaics, DSMs, DTMs and point clouds, texturized 3D models and simplified CAD models. Customize index maps at any resolution, classify terrain and objects automatically, create objects and animations directly in the software. Then import generated results and vector objects seamlessly into a wide variety of GIS, CAD and traditional photogrammetry software packages, including industry specific software.

Control Assess and improve the quality of your results with the sophisticated editing tools included

Integration Seamlessly import the generated results into any GIS, CAD or industry specific software package

Support Count on personal and cloud-based support from our customer-praised support team and keep on learning with our knowledge base and training programs

Pix4Dmapper Pro | Feature list Version 1.4

Features

INPUTS

Aerial (nadir and oblique) and terrestrial imagery support

Process images taken at any angle and from any aerial manned or unmanned platform as well as from the ground

Any camera (compact, SLR, multi-spectral, GoPro, Tetracam, large format)

Use images acquired by any camera, from small to large sensors (up to 40 MP), from consumer-grade to highly specialized cameras

Any lens, including Fisheye

Choose the lens that fits your project, use wide lenses to increase the content of each image, acquire data from closeby, interiors and narrow spaces

Multi-camera support for the same project

Create projects using more than one camera and process them together (NIR and RGB for example)

Multiple file types (.jpg, single band or multi band .tiff)

Process camera rigs (arrays) of multiple multi-band synchronized cameras from known manufacturers (Tetracam, Airinov, MicaSense, WaldoAir) for more robust, accurate and faster processing Input various file types, including single or multi-band images

Ground Control Point edit and import (.csv, .txt)

Import and edit Ground Control Points to improve the accuracy of your project

Local, global and arbitrary coordinate reference system support in meters and feet

Choose from all known coordinate systems or your own local system

Camera position and exterior orientation (omega, phi, kappa) support

Calculate optimized camera position and exterior orientation from a low grade GPS and without any IMU

External point cloud import

Import a point cloud from different sources, such as aerial LiDAR, and use it to create a DSM and orthomosaic

Rapid Check processing mode

Process initial project results in low-resolution in minutes only

Rapid Check Quality report

Assess quality and completeness of acquired images while still on site

Camera self-calibration

Optimize internal camera parameters, such as focal length, principal points and lens distortions, without the need of a camera calibration report

Automatic Aerial Triangulation (AAT) and Bundle Block Adjustment (BBA)

Process automatically with or without known camera position and exterior orientation

Automatic point cloud densification (and optional Semi-Global Matching)

Produce a dense and detailed 3D point cloud, which can be used as a basis for DSM and orthomosaic generation

Standard camera rig support

Automatic point cloud classification and DTM extraction (BETA) PROCESSING

RAYCLOUD EDITOR

Advantages

Point cloud filtering and smoothing

Remove building and vegetation automatically in the point cloud to generate bare earth DTMs and contour lines. For additional control, select and delete points manually in the rayCloud to improve the DTM generation Use presets or edit point cloud filtering and smoothing options

Automatic brightness and color correction

Compensate automatically for change of brightness, luminosity and color balancing of images

Quality Report

Assess quality of projects

Project merging

Process parts of projects individually and merge them into one project

Project area definition

Import (.shp) or draw specific orthomosaic and point cloud densification/ filtering areas to generate results inside specific boundaries

Project splitting

Split big projects automatically into smaller parts for more efficient large-scale mapping

GPU support

Leverage the power of Nvidia GPU’s for 10% - 75% faster initial processing (depending on image content and project size). GPU support also used for densification.

Project viewing

Assess flight plan, camera positions, inspect automatic keypoint matching and add uncalibrated cameras

Manual tie point editing

Annotate and edit GCPs (2D & 3D), Check Points and Manual Tie Points with the highest accuracy, using both original images and 3D information at the same time

Project reoptimization

Reoptimize camera positions and rematch images based on GCPs and manual tie points to improve reconstruction of difficult areas

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Image annotation

Remove points from 3D point cloud and create filters based on image content

Point cloud editing

Select and delete points from the point cloud

Polyline object creation

Annotate and measure polylines (3D breaklines) in the point cloud and accurately refine polyline vertexes in multiple original images

Surface object creation

Annotate and measure surfaces in the point cloud and accurately refine surface vertexes in multiple original images; use the surface to simplify, flatten and correct DSMs (e.g. for removing structures or tree stands)

Volume object creation (volume measurement)

Annotate and measure volumes (stockpiles) in the point cloud. Import/export base planes of volumetrics

Digitization tools / vector object editing

Draw and edit vector objects and export them in various formats (.dxf, .shp, .dgn, .kml)

Fly-through animation

Create a virtual camera trajectory in the 3D point cloud, play the animation in real-time, export the animation as a video (in mp4 and avi format) and the flightpath waypoints in CSV format

Radiometric adjustment interface

Make the indices more reliable and accurate by correcting for illumination effects using a radiometric target

Reflectance map editing

Set and edit map resolution

Automated index generation (NDVI)

Generate single-band and index maps based on pre-defined formulas in a single click without manual user intervention

Draw field bounds and compute index per crop variety Improve your analysis by computing and visualizing index values by crop variety INDEX CALCULATOR

MOSAIC EDITOR

OUTPUT RESULTS

Formula editing

Create and save your own formulas choosing among each available input band and generate custom index maps

Automatic index segmentation

Create the basis of your annotation map by automatically segmenting the data into multiple classes using statistical algorithms (equal area, equal spacing) based on the historgram of the index map

Application map annotation

Match ground observations with survey data by assigning values and annotating zones based on your decisions

Export the application map as shapefile (SHP)

Put your data into action and import the application map directly into the tractor console or most Farm Management Software

Seamline editing

Create, edit and reorganize mosaic cells for seamline editing

Planar / ortho projection selection

Select planar or ortho projection for each cell or groups of cells to remove orthomosaic distortions

Mosaic color / brightness editing

Choose the best cell content from multiple underlying images (e. g. for deleting moving objects), adjust color and brightness balancing

2D output results

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Geo-referenced orthomosaics in GeoTIFF output format Google tiles export in KML and HTML output format Mapbox tiles in MB TILES format Index maps (DVI, NDVI, SAVI, etc.) in GeoTIFF and SHP format

3D output results

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Geo-referenced DSMs and DTMs in GeoTIFF format Full 3D textured mesh in OBJ, PLY and Zipped OBJ format Point cloud in LAS, LAZ, XYZ and PLY output format Contour lines in SHP, DXF and PDF format User-defined vector objects in DXF, SHP, DGN and KML format 3D PDF for easy sharing of 3D mesh

Fly-through animations and flightpaths

• Point cloud Fly-through animation in MP4 and AVI format • Fly-through waypoints and path in CSV format

Optimized camera position, external orientation and internal parameters, undistorted images

Import Aerial Triangulation results in traditional photogrammetry software solutions (e.g. INPHO, Leica LPS, DAT / EM Summit Evolution) 2|2

Hardware specifications Minimum requirements: Windows 64bit / 7, 8, Server / 2-Core CPU / 4GB RAM / GPU: any Nvidia and AMD model starting from 2008 and Intel model starting from 2012 (OpenGL 3.2) Recommended: 6-Core CPU i7 or Xeon /16GB RAM (or more depending on dataset size) / CUDA compatible GPU

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