Good day everyone with an Inspire 1 and Zenmuse X3.

I have a problem that I cannot solve.

I need to purchase software to stitch my mainly planar projection panoramas or maps, orthomosaics or whatever you want to call it.

I use Maps Made Easy and DJI GS Pro to capture the images.

I mainly work with sites involving railway lines - which is mainly straight, for kilometres, as we all know.

My problem is, whatever software I work with, these lines are always curved in one way or another.

I have tried Photoshop, Autopano Giga, Microsoft ICE and others from friends and collegues.

The only software that has the slightest manner of success, is Agisoft Photoscan Professional, which I cannot afford. The other problem is that the software is more suited to 3D modelling and distorts many straight lines like power lines etc.

I have tried pre-calibrating the lens distortion with Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop Filters, *.lcp lens correction profiles - you name it.

Autopano seems to fail on "viewpoint" and for the others I am not sure.

Autopano

Autopano Giga - plus minus 45 pictures

photoshop

Photoshop & ICE - plus minus 125 pictures


Agisoft - plus minus 39 pictures

Google Earth

Google Earth - what the area actually looks like.

I hope someone can help as this is ultra frustrating.

Try Pix4D or DroneDeploy.

Mark G.

Agree on the suggestion to checkout Pix4d - you are seeking to create orthomosaics not panoramas.

I use the paid version of DroneDeploy and it works great.  There is a free version that allows you to do 5 maps and 3D projections a month at a 5cm/px resolution.

As was stated Pix4D or DroneDeploy for orthomosaics

Both will do the trick  =)