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General / What is the work flow to process RTK uav imagery?

« on: September 13, 2025, 06:35:35 PM »

Generally, what is the process to run rtk imagery in Metashape? I work with rtk data all the time but usually end up just disabling it to work with the gcps, which is better anwyays. BUT it would be nice to know how to use the rtk data from the drone, whats the point of using it anyways? Can someone explain how to do this? A lot of times after I bring the gcps into the RTK data, the gcps are still way off. I know the rtk images are more accurate than that.

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General / How to set up network processing

« on: August 13, 2025, 11:48:00 PM »

I have done this before in the past but I cannot figure out how to do it again. How do I set network processing up in the newest version?

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General / Processing Hung up

« on: July 05, 2025, 04:52:01 AM »

I am having issues with the newest version of Metashape. I am trying to process a job with less than 500 images and it is stuck on generating depth maps. It has been on 20% for 7 hours. I am using Metashape version 2.2.1. Here are my computer's specs

Processor   Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K   3.20 GHz
Installed RAM   128 GB (128 GB usable)
Device ID   AE267FEE-8EA2-4901-B685-BC93AF0A601A
Product ID   00355-61030-56959-AAOEM
System type   64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch   Touch support with 10 touch points

GPU is an Nvidia RTX 5080


Why would it be taking so long?

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General / How to adjust imported point cloud to control

« on: February 07, 2025, 02:21:12 AM »

How do you adjust an imported point cloud to match control points? Ive tried both making them "laser scans" and not laser scans. I have the images tagged with the gcps and they are in good shape.  But how do you translate the point cloud to match the control and the rest of the project? It really just needs to be adjusted in the Z axis but is there not a way to match the point cloud to control?

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General / Unsupported Extension exporting Orthophotos

« on: February 05, 2025, 12:04:26 AM »

How do you export orthophotos? When I do this, it tells me "unsupported extension". 

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General / Metashape not reading image locations

« on: February 04, 2025, 07:42:11 PM »

Im having a problem where Metashape isnt reading image locations in one area of my project.  Is there a way to fix this? I know you can align the images by reference, but after you do that how do you integrate those images into the project where it will create tie points?

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Agisoft Cloud / Problem uploading to Agisoft Cloud

« on: January 15, 2025, 06:00:27 AM »

Im having a lot of issues uploading to the cloud.  Has anyone seen the error in the screen shot attached?

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General / Hawaiian state plane coodinate conversion issue

« on: November 10, 2024, 04:27:27 PM »

Has anyone in here done work in Hawaii? I have a control file that I am trying to bring into Metashape but it is causing some major conversion issues. Im trying to work with spc nad83 HI Zone 2 PA11.  When I set the project to epsg 6629 it tells me "unsupported datum transformation".  Ive been using Metashape for a few years now, and this is the first time Ive seen this error. I cant figure out how to get past it. Images are captured in wgs84.  Ive never had an issue converting a project to the marker's coordinate system before.

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General / Gaps in Data

« on: November 01, 2024, 05:06:32 PM »

Does anyone know what would cause this to happen? I have never had so many issues with a dataset in my life. There are a couple of large uniform holes in the point cloud.

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General / Issue processing rtk corrected imagery and GCPs

« on: November 01, 2024, 06:38:45 AM »

I have a set of data Im working on and I have noticed that after I try to align a few of the control points I am unable to shift the data (update/ transform) to the gcp markers. The sparse cloud does not move at all.  Is this because the rtk data is better than the gcps or vice versa? If I turn off all cameras I am able to shift the data to the gcps, if I turn the cameras back on the residuals are off to the tune of 20 - 30 feet.  Any ideas of what I might should do? Is there an issue with camera or marker references? It was flown with a DJI Mavic 3E.

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General / Tie Point Misalignment

« on: October 14, 2024, 03:53:03 AM »

I am getting major tie point misalignment issues. Has anyone had this issue before and what did you do to fix it? In some areas the topography horribly mismatched.  The images were processed and adjusted spatially using PPK.

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General / Tie Point Discrepancy

« on: October 11, 2024, 09:24:24 AM »

Ive not ever seen this before, but after aligning the photos in our project Im getting a mismatch in tie points. One area of tie points are raised above the adjacent points. The area is fairly homogenous and I am certain this has something to do with it. Even still, how do we remedy this?  It looks like a perfect seem right down the middle of the tie points. I will caveat and say that we did not fly this ourselves but are processing for another outfit. So I do not know what parameters they flew the area with. We have tried re-running the images a couple of times and are getting the same results.

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General / Anyone had success combining Terrestrial Laser Scans with Photogrammetry?

« on: June 03, 2024, 10:49:02 PM »

We are playing with this today. Have the perfect job to do so on- not real big and not much weight behind it as far as customer expectations.  We did not gps the scans or the photogrammetry. It will ultimately serve to create an as-built of the property for some landscaping. It would be awesome to combine the photogrammetry and laser scans together but we arent really able to figure it out. We have been following the little tutorial in the release notes https://agisoft.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/31000168474-terrestrial-laser-scans-processing-in-metashape-2-1#Processing-of-terrestrial-laser-scans-with-images , but we arent having any luck. Has anyone else tried this or have a workflow down?  It would be super handy to be able to do this if we arent running our gps rover.

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General / Adding images from a different day

« on: May 29, 2024, 06:37:37 AM »

Is it possible and if so how does it affect quality of your mapping if you go back and add additional images the next day? We mapped an area only to get back to the office and realize we need to tack on an additional part of a property. Can we lay gcps in this area and simply add those images to the main project? Do we need to lay all gcps out and re-fly?

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General / Orthomosaic shift

« on: December 06, 2023, 05:55:53 AM »

We are having an issue after exporting an orthomosaic to Global Mapper and Civil 3D where the ortho is shifted in some places as much as .3'.  In Agisoft, the gcp's are dead on but in these other programs the target location and the gcp coordinates are not hitting in the same spot.  Why is this? Is there some kind of default scale when exporting out of agisoft?