Some of the new features of Drone2Map 2024.2 are described below.
Processing improvements
The latest improvements in the Drone2Map processing engine continue to provide increased detail for meshes and textures on thin structure features when using the high point cloud setting.
Ground control
Multiple workflow and user feedback improvements have been made to ground control points in Drone2Map.
It is now easier to add photos to your ground control points. This can be done through a new button from the Control drop-down menu on the Home tab and in the Control Manager pane.
Additionally, when using the image links editor, you can click a button to add a photo to that control point.
Default control symbology can now be set within the application settings. This includes options for color, size and symbol for control points, check points, and image links.
The horizontal and vertical accuracy of a control point can now be updated after it has been imported. A new Control Accuracy setting has been added to the Control Manager pane that allows the accuracy values to be modified for a selected control or check point.
Thermal image display has been improved in the image links editor and allows for much easier navigation on the image when placing new image links.
Estimated image links can now be individually selected from the image list and linked.
Image metadata viewer
A new built-in metadata viewer has been added to Drone2Map. The metadata viewer can be accessed through the Flight Data tab and allows you to quickly review and search for specific metadata within your images.
Images are listed in a table that responds to the active image selection within the map.
Measurement improvements
Point, line, and polygon features can now be imported to be used for mensuration.
Measurements can also be copied to honor different mensuration options through a new button in the Mensuration Results pane.
Additional sharing option
Indices that are derived from multispectral images can now be shared as an imagery layer to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise.
Improved project feedback
When creating projects, image coordinate system information is now validated against the chosen project coordinate systems to ensure that the images can be projected to the specific spatial reference. A warning will appear if images cannot be projected to that system, or if there are too few images to project.
The processing report will now display if source image accuracy settings were used during processing.
Expanded inspection functionality
Inspection schemas now support date and date time fields, which can be configured to always show the current date.
