Esri Announces Availability of Drone2Map 1.2 for ArcGIS

Esri has just announced the release of Drone2Map 1.2, the company’s solution for working with and managing your UAV captured data, just in time for ESRIUC. Drone2Map for ArcGIS enables users to take UAV/UAV, drone-captured imagery into 2D and 3D imagery products in ArcGIS. Using Drone2Map you can create orthophotos, digital surface models (DSM), digital surface models (DSM), generate contours, 3D models, meshes and more.

Drone2Map for ArcGIS 1.2 — Drone2Map 1.2 for ArcGIS (Image Credit: Esri)

Recall, Drone2Map for ArcGIS is a stand-alone 64 bit Windows desktop app that turns raw still imagery from drones into stunning information products in ArcGIS. Now, with drone hardware becoming more accessible, you can create 2D and 3D maps of features and areas. Drone2Map for ArcGIS is designed to be generic and you can register for a free trial of Drone2Map through the ArcGIS Marketplace.

According to the Esri dev team, this latest release builds on the themes of ease of use and automation by adding in key features for batch processing, sharing web maps, and increasing the quality of 2D and 3D imagery products.

Some highlights of the Drone2Map 1.2 release include:

Run multiple projects in batch mode
Redesigned ribbon for better organization and ease of use
Ability to open your Drone2Map projects in ArcGIS Pro directly from Drone2Map
Ability to change layer symbology in table of contents
Level of Detail (LOD) support for 3D Textured Meshes
Additional 3D textured mesh settings for better control of your output products
Ability to recreate products without re-running initial processing
New draw tools for marking up your Drone2Map projects
Ability to share your Drone2Map projects as Web Maps to your sharing portal
Improved image viewer with integrated image carousel
View the processing log in real time to get more fine grained status
Support for setting your output spatial reference without defining GCPs
Use custom templates directly from create new project page
Ability to select image points from the map when using the image properties window
Added support for select calibration parameters
Improved settings for default application behavior

To get started with Drone2Map simply login to your MyEsri Account.

For users of the Geonet community, there’s an active discussion area specifically focused on Drone2Map and related topics. SEE HERE

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