Installation and Getting Started

Quickstart

Installers for OpenDroneMap are available for purchase, and are the easiest way to get started and come with support.

https://opendronemap.org/download/

That said, OpenDroneMap is a free and open source ecoystem. Community support is available for those looking to install themselves and directions follow can be found here: ODM Repo

Hardware Recommendations

The bare minimum requirements for running the software are:

  • 64bit CPU manufactured on or after 2010

  • 20 GB of disk space

  • 4 GB RAM

No more than 100-200 images can be processed with the above specifications (the software will run out of memory). Recommended requirements are:

  • Latest Generation CPU

  • 100 GB of disk space

  • 16 GB RAM

The above will allow the processing of a few hundred images with minimal issues. A CPU with more cores will allow for faster processing, while a graphics card (GPU) currently has no impact on performance. For processing more images, add more disk space and RAM linearly to the number of images you need to process.

Minimum RAM needed for N images

Number of images

RAM or RAM + Swap

40

4

250

16

500

32

1500

64

2500

128

3500

192

5000

256