I ran ODM on Docker (command line based), now how do I view the results?

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Hi,
I was able to run ODM on Docker on some mapping images I took with my drone. Since ODM is command line based, I don’t know how to view the results. I would like to see the map it created. This is my first time using ODM.

Thank you in advance.

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Welcome!

Since you went the Docker route, why not use WebODM on Docker which will have a user-friendly GUI to view and manage results? Is this machine headless or otherwise unsuitable for the GUI?

Here’s the link to WebODM’s GitHub, which has the install instructions:

If you followed the guide, the data you want should be found in the directory where you loaded the images:

For me, that looks like this:

docker run -itv --rm /home/alpine/datasets/:/datasets opendronemap/odm --project-path /datasets project

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If you’re asking about how to view the products, I recommend QGIS for viewing the DEM products and Orthophoto products. It can also load the Point Clouds and some distributions of it have limited support for loading the model, but something like MeshLab, Blender, or CloudCompare will be better suited for viewing these 3D products for the time being.

You could also check out viewing the 2D and 3D products in our own DroneDB app:

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I tried that first but I couldn’t get it to work on my Synology. I can get the ODM container to work, but I have no idea how to view the results.

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I’m not sure a NAS is the best device for hosting and processing sUAS data. Do you have another machine available with a more mainstream/non-specialized Linux distro to work with?

Does it support containerized apps like snap, flatpak, or appimage? You might be able to find the apps I recommended above in one or some of those technologies. QGIS for instance, is available in flatpak.

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It’s really the only thing I had enough RAM and cpu. I see a bunch of output files. I can download them to my PC. Which files do I need to view the map? Can I take these files and view them on WebODM on another machine?

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Output files are summarized here:
https://docs.opendronemap.org/outputs/

You’d have to re-package them into an all.zip compatible with WebODM’s import function.

See this minimal sample for the structure expected within the zip file:
https://hub.dronedb.app/r/saijinnaib/brighton-beach-road-06-23-2016-all