Hello,

I am involved with a project to perform ground laser scanner and aerial photogrametry. The subject is a famous, historical location: Dealey Plaza in Dallas.

Being a total newbie, my first question is this: Which model is best for professional level photogrammetry?

Thanks,

-Ramon F Herrera
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I'd think something with the highest resolution possible.  If you're not versed enough to fly something like an Inspire 1/2, I'd go with a Phantom 4.  That'll give you the gimbal movement you need to capture the images you need in order to create the final product.  You could get away with a Mavic Pro, but You might have to fly sideways a lot, and that's not it's best flight direction.  

El Kab0ng Posted at 2018-9-14 13:11
I'd think something with the highest resolution possible.  If you're not versed enough to fly something like an Inspire 1/2, I'd go with a Phantom 4.  That'll give you the gimbal movement you need to capture the images you need in order to create the final product.  You could get away with a Mavic Pro, but You might have to fly sideways a lot, and that's not it's best flight direction.

Hello; I am new to this forum, and seems I am not able to open a new thread, so I took the chance in this, hoping someone can answer my related question.

My company has a Mavic 2 Drone (not Pro, just plain 2), is it possible to do photogrammetry with it? I already tried DroneDeploy and Pix4D, but the drone is not detected by neither application. Is it because no app supports Mavic 2?

Have seen tutorials with 2 Pro, but not "Mavic 2" withouth the "pro". Is that a reason, the 2 is not good for photogrammetry?

Thanks in advance.

The resolution on the Pro 2 camera is probably the best for the money and certainly outstrips the earlier version.   

So far I have had good mapping results with the MP2 :

https://billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2018/12/06/l1d-20c-image-quality-1st-thoughts/

https://billboyheritagesurvey.wo ... mavic-pro-2-gsd8mm/

https://billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/mavic2p-gsd-map-scale/

https://billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/mp2-swath-size/

https://billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2018/12/18/l1d-20c-at-50m-agl/

Good convergent coverage in appropriate lighting mixed with terrestrial coverage should work well.

I have tried to use frames sequentially split from video with mixed results: the frame reso is not as good taking stills.

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