OpenDroneMap Outputs

Listed below are some of the useful outputs ODM produces.

Point Cloud

odm_georeferencing/odm_georeferenced_model.ply/laz/csv – The georeferenced point cloud in different file formats

Point cloud over State University Zanzibar, courtesy of Khadija Abdullah Ali

3D Textured Model

odm_texturing/odm_textured_model.obj – The textured surface mesh odm_texturing/odm_textured_model_geo.obj – The georeferenced and textured surface mesh

You can access the point cloud and textured meshes using MeshLab. Open MeshLab, and choose File:Import Mesh and choose your textured mesh from a location similar to the following: odm_texturing\odm_textured_model.obj

Textured mesh courtesy of OpenDroneMap

Orthophoto

odm_orthophoto/odm_orthphoto.tif – GeoTIFF Orthophoto. You can use it in QGIS as a raster layer.

odm_orthophoto/odm_orthphoto.original.tif – The orthophoto in its original un-cropped state.

Orthophoto over State University Zanzibar, courtesy of Khadija Abdullah Ali

DTM/DSM

DTM/DSM will only be created if the --dtm or --dsm options are used. See tutorial on elevation models for more options in creating.

Data will be stored in:

• odm_dem/dtm.tif

• odm_dem/dsm.tif

Digital surface model over State University Zanzibar, courtesy of Khadija Abdullah Ali

Logs

Logs are output to stdout. On Linux ANSI escape color code (eg ^[[39m) is used and could be disabled by setting no_ansiesc environment variable to any value like env no_ansiesc=1

List of all outputs

project/
├── images/
│   ├── img-1234.jpg
│   └── ...
├── opensfm/                            # Tie Points and camera positions here in JSON format
│   ├── config.yaml
│   ├── images/
│   ├── masks/
│   ├── gcp_list.txt
│   ├── metadata/
│   ├── features/
│   ├── matches/
│   ├── tracks.csv
│   ├── reconstruction.json
│   ├── reconstruction.meshed.json
│   ├── undistorted/
│   ├── undistorted_tracks.json
│   ├── undistorted_reconstruction.json
│   └── depthmaps/
│      └── merged.ply                   # Dense Point Cloud
├── odm_meshing/
│   ├── odm_mesh.ply                    # A 3D mesh
│   └── odm_meshing_log.txt             # Output of the meshing task. May point out errors.
├── odm_texturing/
│   ├── odm_textured_model.obj          # Textured mesh
│   ├── odm_textured_model_geo.obj      # Georeferenced textured mesh
│   └── texture_N.jpg                   # Associated textured images used by the model
├── odm_georeferencing/
│   ├── odm_georeferenced_model.ply     # A georeferenced dense point cloud
│   ├── odm_georeferenced_model.laz # LAZ format point cloud
│   ├── odm_georeferenced_model.csv     # XYZ format point cloud
│   ├── odm_georeferencing_log.txt      # Georeferencing log
│   └── odm_georeferencing_utm_log.txt  # Log for the extract_utm portion
├── odm_orthophoto/
│   ├── odm_orthophoto.png              # Orthophoto image (no coordinates)
│   ├── odm_orthophoto.tif              # Orthophoto GeoTiff
│   ├── odm_orthophoto_log.txt          # Log file
│   └── gdal_translate_log.txt          # Log for georeferencing the png file
└── odm_dem/
    ├── dsm.tif                     # Digital Surface Model Geotiff - the tops of everything
    └── dtm.tif                     # Digital Terrain Model Geotiff - the ground.

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