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What sort of setups does this support? What drone models and firmware? What sort of cameras are supported? Quads? Fixed? DJI? Betaflight? Ardupilot? Does it need a camera with a gimbal?



The nice thing is that the drone is completely independent :-). You can use any frame (quad, heli, fixedwing, vtol, rover, boat, submarine, ...) with any autopilot (betaflight, ardupilot, px4, ...) and try it with any camera you want.

At the end of the day, all you need is pictures taken "the right way" for the engine. Typically, you want:

* Sufficient overlap between the pictures: you need multiple pictures looking at each point in the scene from different angles. * Don't change the focal length, because that changes the camera model and makes it at least harder for the engine. * Ideally have some fairly accurate GPS location in the exif metadata of the pictures. * Avoid motion blur (i.e. don't fly too fast for your camera), and blur in general (i.e. you don't want too much vibration, but you don't need a gimbal).

Some Android/iOS apps out there do "flight planning" for you, so it may help (you select the area you want to map and the app instructs the drone to take the right pictures for you). Different apps support different drones, so that's something you want to check.

But anyway you should try ODM, because it does not depend on the drone, it just needs pictures =).

Hope this helps.


Pretty much any camera (even multiple cameras), from any orientation (no gimbal required). Also works with your cellphone camera or DSLR camera. Just try not to change the focus between shots too much. DJI models are well supported.


Are DJI models the only ones supported?


Nop, you can use pretty much any drone camera.




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