Use the Rapid template

Use the Rapid template to quickly create True Orthos and elevation products. Processing with the Rapid template helps to verify the coverage and quality of the imagery collection.

Capabilities

The Rapid template has the following output product options:

• True Orthos
  • RGB
  • Thermal
  • Multispectral
  • Pansharpened
  • Panchromatic
• Digital Surface Model
• Digital Terrain Model
• DSM Point Cloud
• Contour lines
• Shaded Relief
• Inspection report
• Vegetation and soil Indices

Download sample data

To download sample data to test the Rapid, complete the following steps:

1. Go to the sample data page.
2. Select a dataset you want to download, and click the Download this dataset link.
3. Extract the files to a convenient location on your computer.

Create a project

To create a sample rapid project, complete the following steps:

1. Start Drone2Map.
2. Sign in using your ArcGIS Online organization or Portal for ArcGIS credentials.
3. Provide a name for your project, and choose a location to save it or accept the default.
4. Click Add Images or Add Folder, browse to the location of the sample images folder, select the folder or images in the folder, and click OK.
5. Select the Rapid template, and click Create to create the project.
6. On the Flight Data tab, click the Images Table button to view image information about the imagery collection.
7. Go back to the Home tab, click Options, and review the checked options.

   By default, on the Adjust Images tab, the Tie Point Options Intial Image Scale is set to 1/4 (quarter image size) for reduced processing time. When you select a 2D Products template, the parameters will be similar, except Refine Adjustment will be checked to automatically adjust the image scale for higher-quality products.

8. Click OK to accept the default settings.

   The Refine Adjustment setting will optimize the camera model further during the initial adjustment steps of tie point generation. This tends to lead to an increase in the number of tie points and more accurate products.

9. Click Start to begin processing.

   When processing is complete, the reduced-resolution True Ortho is added to the map display and Contents pane.

View the results

To view the images, pan and zoom around the imagery and digital elevation model products.

Note:

The Rapid template produces a lower-resolution product to optimize processing time. For higher-resolution projects, use the 2D Products template or manually adjust the settings in Options.