For some maps I would like to fly without GCP’s, which means I will need to try and adjust from ellipsoidal to orthometric height.
Does everyone just do this after the photogrammetry stage with QGIS/GDAL? Are there any advantages to somehow adjusting the elevation data in the image tags prior to photogrammetry?
When adjusting, do most people just use a constant value? Does anyone use a geoid grid file for large projects?
For conventional surveying/mapping our survey software just lets us select the correct geoid file, which is HT2-2010. But I don’t actually understand what happens behind the scenes and how I might implement a consistent process with RTK drone mapping.
I hadn’t checked out raster calculator yet and looks like that is a functionally of QGIS that I will needing to implement for various things.
I ignored GeoPhoto because for some reason I believed I would not be able to use it with my required geoid model. I will be testing this as soon as I can get it installed on my work machine.
Could the developers add an option/parameter to ODM which is equal to the correction offset from ellipsoid to orthometric height?
Let’s say the offset for Project Area XY is -50m. This value just needs to be added to the Z-data in point cloud/DSM/DTM. This way one would not need to post-process the elevation data.