Tag: 3dmapping - Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng

Tag: 3dmapping

Time slice (bullet time) processing into 3D models

As you can probably tell, I’ve been obsessed with aerial 3D modeling lately. I finally saw Inferno, the short time slice / bullet time video, and thought it was pretty amazing. [vimeo 132024990 w=540 h=304] After seeing the video, I thought it might be fun to run the frames through Pix4DMapper to see whether a ...

We are having our pool filled in this week, so I went out with the DJI Inspire 1 and preproduction Zenmuse X5 camera and made an aerial 3D map of our house (processed using both Pix4DMapper Pro and DroneDeploy’s new—and free—Map Engine beta).  I decided that I wanted to measure the volume of the empty pool ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KzA5ZWKlr0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] I spent part of the day hanging out at 16th Street Station in Oakland with a few mapping people from Autodesk, 3DR, Leica, and others, and it was a great opportunity to capture some mapping source data using a DJI Inspire 1 and prototype DJI Zenmuse X5 Micro Four Thirds camera.  In typical fashion, ...

Last week, I went to Thomas Fogarty Winery to do some aerial mapping with a beta DJI Zenmuse X5 Micro Four Thirds camera (and DJI MFT 15mm f/1.7 ASPH prime lens). I flew the map manually, taking about 600 pictures (both nadir and oblique), and Antoine and the folks at Pix4D were nice enough to do ...

DJI SDK for Phantom (and Pix4D example)

One of the things we announced last week at the Inspire 1 launch event was the DJI SDK for Phantom. This has been remarkably under-represented in media coverage, and represents a huge step for DJI. Suddenly, the off-the-shelf Phantom 2 Vision and Vision+ can be appropriated for use in specific vertical industries merely by running ...