Help.. Overhead Shot

[maddieeluu]

Hello, I have to do an overhead shot of a property but its such a huge property that I can't include the entire property in one shot. What would you recommend me doing? Can I take 1 photo of one time and then the other side and then combine them together?

 

[DavidT_ NZ]

Hello, I have to do an overhead shot of a property but its such a huge property that I can't include the entire property in one shot. What would you recommend me doing? Can I take 1 photo of one time and then the other side and then combine them together?

Adobe Elements has a good photo stitching mode that I have used successfully on an older version, to mosaic GIS-type aerial images for my land surveying work. It is a reasonably priced standalone Windows PC software and the operation is very easy, if you create about a 10-20% overlap all round on the images and keep exposure levels uniform (which they are on GIS platforms). Scale is not fixed better than what you are working with, but it would probably give you the single site image that you are looking for. We now use a Phantom 4 Pro and process through Pix4d to produce orthorectified (true to scale) images and high accuracy computer ground models, for topo measurements, CAD design and volumes, etc. If you get stuck and have a few images that you want to email to me later, I would be happy to try it in my Adobe for you. I have not tested this with my new Air 2 but the principles are the same. Keep your flying height fairly high and steady, control the image lighting to be uniform, put in the 10-20% overlaps and take plenty of photos for the stitching, to reduce feature curvature at the joins in the mosaic process. The Adobe software looks for common image patterns and alignments. A polarizing filter, if flying at 90 degrees to the sun, would help to increase the image saturation and reduce glare and reflections. Good luck! Cheers from NZ. ?

 

[Vic Moss]

Your best bet is to use Maps Made Easy. Use their app to fly the area, then their program to make the orthomosiac. It's quick, easy, and relatively inexpensive. It's also much easier than flying yourself and making sure the overlaps are accurate enough to stitch correctly.

 

[maddieeluu]

Your best bet is to use Maps Made Easy. Use their app to fly the area, then their program to make the orthomosiac. It's quick, easy, and relatively inexpensive. It's also much easier than flying yourself and making sure the overlaps are accurate enough to stitch correctly.

How do you use that app?

 

[Vic Moss]

How do you use that app?

Instructions come with it, or go to their website. Maps Made Easy - Home

 

[maddieeluu]

oh do you have to buy something to go with the app?

 

[swimpmeister]

oh do you have to buy something to go with the app?

Nope just download it and fly. You use credits to pay for the processing but you get some free ones when you sign up and it should cover your map processing. Best of luck!