Agisoft Metashape 1.6
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NEW FEATURES
More input data types
1. Satellite imagery processing in addition to central perspective cameras (frame, fisheye, spherical and cylindrical) is supported for panchromatic and multispectral images, provided that accurate RPC data is available.
3. Archival data (scanned film images) processing with support for automatic fiducial marks detection.
2. LIDAR points can now be loaded into Metashape software and merged with photogrammetric point cloud to be used for mesh or DTM/DSM generation.
4. Adaptive frame selection based on camera motion speed for projects using video sequence as input data.
Better quality AND faster processing
1. New mesh generation method works directly with depth maps data — this allows to reconstruct the most detailed model possible for the dataset.
2. Improved filtering algorithm at dense stereo matching step helps to reduce noise on the final surface.
3. GPU acceleration support for both mesh and texture generation steps.
4. Distributed processing now also available for mesh generation job.
5. New options for workflow automation with Python and Java API support.
Flight mission planning
1. Automatic calculation (based on simple overhead flight) of optimal mission plans for architectural objects of complex geometry. Generated mission plan can be loaded in a drone controlling application as a KML file.
2. Reduce overlap feature helps to analyze excessive image sets in terms of image redundancy and allows to maintain balance between processing time and model quality.
Agisoft Cloud
Improved cloud processing interface – save on the hardware infrastructure for photogrammetric pipeline and visualize processing results online.
Agisoft De-Lighter
A new free stand-alone tool designed to remove shadows from model textures. The tool is targeted on removing cast shadows and ambient occlusion from 3D models. Download here.
Agisoft Metashape Standard
There are also some exciting changes in Agisoft Metashape Standard edition version 1.6, like normal and occlusion texture maps generation – to facilitate visually perfect 3D model assets creations. Agisoft Metashape Standard edition is still provided at affordable price of $179.00 per license.
Agisoft Metashape is a cutting-edge software solution, with its engine core driving photogrammetry to its ultimate limits, while the whole system is de-signed to deliver industry specific results relying on machine learning techni-ques for post-processing and analysis tasks.The software allows to process images from RGB or multispectral cameras, including multi-camera systems, into the high-value spatial information in the form of dense point clouds, textured polygonal models, georeferenced true orthomosaics and DSMs/DTMs. Further post-processing enables to eli-minate shadows and texture artifacts from the models, calculate vegetation indices and extract information for farming equipment action maps, auto-matically classify dense point clouds, etc.
Very fast& highly accurate
Based on the state-of-the-art technology developed by Agisoft, Metashape allows for very fast processing, providing at the same time consistent and highly accurate results both for aerial and close-range photography (up to 3cm for aerial, and up to 1mm for close-range photography).
Local or cloudprocessing
Agisoft Metashape is capable of processing of 50 000+ photos across a local cluster, thanks to distributed processing functionality. Alternatively, the project can be easily sent to the cloud to minimize hardware investment, with all the processing options being still available.
Intuitive UI& stereo mode
The software package has a linear project-based workflow that is intuitive and can be easily mastered even by a non-specialist, while pro-fessional photogrammetrists can benefit from advanced features like stereo mode and have complete control over the results accuracy, with detailed report being genera-ted at the end of processing.
Satellite imagery support
Metashape 1.6 features satellite imagery processing in addition to central perspective cameras such as frame, fisheye, spherical and cylindrical ones, supported in earlier versions. This option is integrated into the standard work-flow, allowing to generate all typical products such as dense clouds, DEMs, orthomosaics and tiled polygonal models, both on a local workstation andover a network. Panchromatic and multispectral satellite images are supported, provided that sufficiently accurate RPC data is available for each image.
Laser scanning data can also be loaded into Metashape software and merged with photogrammetric point cloud; furthermore, LIDAR points can be colorized with the help of the imagery available for the same scene. In case project deals with archival data, Metashape is capable of scanned film images processing with support for automatic fiducial marks detection. If source data is video sequence, adaptive frame selection based on camera motion speed is particularly beneficial.
Mission planningfor complex sites
Metashape 1.6 enables to automatically calculate optimal mission plans for objects of complex geometry, like many of the cultural heritage buildings, based on simple overhead flight. Generated mission plan can be loaded in a drone controlling application to automatically perform survey session for detailed model reconstruction.
Reduce overlap feature is made for analyzing excessive image sets to under-stand which images are useful and which are redundant. This helps to main-tain balance between processing time and model quality, as well as to get guidance for future survey missions for the objects of a similar type.
Out-of-core detailedmesh generation
Improved filtering algorithm at dense stereo matching step in Metashape 1.6 helps to reduce noise on the final surface while preserving thin structures within the scene. New mesh generation method works directly with depth maps data — this allows to reconstruct exceptionally detailed geometry thanks to utilization of all the information available. The method is adaptive concern-ing resolution of the input imagery and, thus, guarantees efficient usage of the hardware resources while generating the most detailed model possible for the dataset.
Furthermore, out-of-core implementation greatly reduces memory consump-tion, while GPU acceleration support for both mesh and texture generation steps significantly speeds up the processing. Distributed mesh generation over network allows for further cut of processing time.
Cloud processing & online visualization
Metashape is optimized for multi-core CPUs and multi-GPU systems for fast generation of the results on a single machine. Distributed processing on an HPC cluster helps to speed up all the calculations for massive datasets even further. Batch processing and integrated Python and Java API options enableall levels of automation of the photogrammetric processing workflow.
Metashape 1.6 presents improved cloud processing interface allowing to save on the hardware infrastructure for photogrammetric pipeline, with further option to visualize processing results online.
Seamless orthomosaicfor Surveying & Mapping
Metashape is a perfect tool for aerial imagery processing. The functionality of the program is being constantly developed according to the tasks set by rapidly emerging UAS industry.
Metashape has proved to be a professional level post-processing tool capable of dense point clouds generation and classification for further exceptionally detailed DSMs/DTMs calculations and high-resolution seamless ortho-mosaics export, not to mention reconstruction of precise polygonal modelsof large scale objects. It is an indispensable part of GIS workflow starting witha UAV system.
Highly accurate measurementsfor Mining & Quarrying
Highly accurate DEMs produced by Metashape lay the grounds for precise area and volume measurements, both for excavations and piles. Once multiple flights performed at different time moments, Metashape allows for volume change tracking, soil erosion and glacier studies.
Automatic non-coded targets detection capability saves up on manual workin inspection projects done on a regular basis
Customized vegetation index calculationfor Precision Agriculture & Environmental Management
With support for panchromatic, multispectral and thermal imagery, Metashape seamlessly integrates into workflows involving processing of data from diverse sources, like vegetation and soil analysis, fires and night studies, etc.
Vegetation indices calculation according to a user-defined formula allows to analyze crop problems and generate prescriptions for variable rate farming equipment.
Consumer camera supportfor Archaeology & Documentation
Archaeology more and more often relies on photogrammetric approaches today, be it a need to model an artifact or a demand for an excavation map-ping.
Thanks to the capability to process imagery from any digital camera, Metashape is widely used in various archaeological projects both up in the mountains and deep under the water, including special researches like greenery pattern studies to find ancient ruins under the ground or rock art documentation and analysis projects.
Oblique imagery supportfor Architecture & Cultural Heritage Preservation
Numerous projects prove that Metashape is a quality tool to solve the tasksof facade and building modeling.
With support for oblique imagery processing, Metashape allows to recon-struct the whole building, which can be employed for virtual tours creation, with reconstruction results being exhibited as illustrative models of large-scale cultural heritage objects. 3D models of partially ruined monumentsand artifacts generated with Metashape present reliable basis for restoration works thanks to exceptional accuracy of reconstruction results.
Photorealistic texturesfor Visual Effects & Game Design
Thanks to being highly detailed and photorealistic, Metashape models meet the strict requirements of professional animation studios, which successfully employ the software for movie and game production.
Face and body capture results, being among the most demanded ones, prove that Metashape potential goes beyond one’s imagination.
