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Hi there,
I'm working in the field of forensic investigation for road traffic accidents and we are looking at changing the way we scan the accident scenes, ie. Using drone instead of LiDAR (Faroscan machine) on a stand. Being a noob, I am looking at getting a drone and the right photogrammetry software to do the job.
For now, I am concentrating on trying to find out about getting the better photogrammetry software to purchase (DJI drones seems to be the good and affordable ones-hence for now, hardware does not seem to be an issue); and about the difference between Pix4D and AgiSoft. There was a thread (by Dan) about comparing Pix4D to AgiSoft back in 2016 but with client feedbacks and company innovations, things could have changed by leaps and bounds (present day of Jan 2018).
Could you please to tell me about your reviews of Pix4D and Agisoft? Or are there other great photogrammetry programs that had emerged to give them a run for the money?
By the way, cloud-based processing (eg. DroneDeploy) is out of our consideration. Being able to accurately make distance and other quantitative calculations from the processed output is important. With this, can I interpret that point cloud capability and accuracy is important? (Pls do not hesitate to correct me if I'm wrong)
Humbly waiting for the community's advice and sharing. Thanks in advance.
Andy
I'm working in the field of forensic investigation for road traffic accidents and we are looking at changing the way we scan the accident scenes, ie. Using drone instead of LiDAR (Faroscan machine) on a stand. Being a noob, I am looking at getting a drone and the right photogrammetry software to do the job.
For now, I am concentrating on trying to find out about getting the better photogrammetry software to purchase (DJI drones seems to be the good and affordable ones-hence for now, hardware does not seem to be an issue); and about the difference between Pix4D and AgiSoft. There was a thread (by Dan) about comparing Pix4D to AgiSoft back in 2016 but with client feedbacks and company innovations, things could have changed by leaps and bounds (present day of Jan 2018).
Could you please to tell me about your reviews of Pix4D and Agisoft? Or are there other great photogrammetry programs that had emerged to give them a run for the money?
By the way, cloud-based processing (eg. DroneDeploy) is out of our consideration. Being able to accurately make distance and other quantitative calculations from the processed output is important. With this, can I interpret that point cloud capability and accuracy is important? (Pls do not hesitate to correct me if I'm wrong)
Humbly waiting for the community's advice and sharing. Thanks in advance.
Andy