It’s surprising how easy it is to create a 3D mesh from drone captured imagery using ReCap Photo. In the event your aerial images contain GPS metadata (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude) ReCap photo can leverage this information to scale and geospatially locate the mesh. If higher accuracy is required, ReCap photo allows you to assign Ground Control Points such that the resulting 3D mesh is aligned to surveyed coordinates.
Whenever ReCap Photo processes a mesh, it can also generate a point cloud and/or ortho TIF if desired. These assets can then be easily incorporated into a Civil 3D or InfraWorks model. In this week’s installment we’ll use ReCap Photo to create an accurate 3D mesh that leverages surveyed ground control points. If you are interested, I’ve created a quick video that walks through the workflow…
-Jeff