New to Drones, Mapping and Photogrammetry - WebODM Cannot Process Dataset

[evfisher44]

I created my mission using Waypointmap.com, shot on a DJI Mini 4 pro (image every 2 seconds so plenty of overlap) total of 558 photos (jpeg 4032 x2268 8.9 Mb each) Numbered DJI_20251107093138_0010_D → DJI_20251107095012_0567_D

Processing on a Mac M2 Studio, 64 Gb RAM

Error - Cannot process dataset

Am I doing something wrong or is there an issue with my images - maybe shadows are too long? Shot early(ish) morning.

Images - DJI_001 – Google Drive

Here are the errors

Filtered depth-maps 516 (92.47%, 13s, ETA 1s)...
Filtered depth-maps 558 (100%, 13s851ms)
20:17:41 [App     ] Densifying point-cloud completed: 88023 points (9m58s597ms)
[INFO]    Computing sub-scenes
[INFO]    running "/code/SuperBuild/install/bin/OpenMVS/DensifyPointCloud" "/var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/scene.mvs" --sub-scene-area 660000 --max-threads 12 -w "/var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/depthmaps" -v 0 --cuda-device -2
20:17:42 [App     ] OpenMVS x32 v2.2.0
20:17:42 [App     ] Build date: Aug 20 2025, 01:58:55
20:17:42 [App     ] CPU:  (12 cores)
20:17:42 [App     ] RAM: 7.65GB Physical Memory 1024.00MB Virtual Memory
20:17:42 [App     ] OS: Linux 6.11.11-linuxkit (aarch64)
20:17:42 [App     ] Disk:
20:17:42 [App     ] warning: no SSE compatible CPU or OS detected
20:17:42 [App     ] Command line: DensifyPointCloud /var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/scene.mvs --sub-scene-area 660000 --max-threads 12 -w /var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/depthmaps -v 0 --cuda-device -2
20:17:42 [App     ] The camera directions mean is unbalanced; the scene will be considered unbounded (no ROI)
[INFO]    Fusing depthmaps for 1 scenes
[INFO]    running "/code/SuperBuild/install/bin/OpenMVS/DensifyPointCloud" "/var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/scene_0000.mvs" --resolution-level 2 --max-resolution 1920 --sub-resolution-levels 2 --dense-config-file "/var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/subscene-config.ini" --number-views-fuse 2 --max-threads 12 --archive-type 3 --postprocess-dmaps 0 --geometric-iters 0 -w "/var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/depthmaps" -v 0 --cuda-device -2
20:17:43 [App     ] OpenMVS x32 v2.2.0
20:17:43 [App     ] Build date: Aug 20 2025, 01:58:55
20:17:43 [App     ] CPU:  (12 cores)
20:17:43 [App     ] RAM: 7.65GB Physical Memory 1024.00MB Virtual Memory
20:17:43 [App     ] OS: Linux 6.11.11-linuxkit (aarch64)
20:17:43 [App     ] Disk:
20:17:43 [App     ] warning: no SSE compatible CPU or OS detected
20:17:43 [App     ] Command line: DensifyPointCloud /var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/scene_0000.mvs --resolution-level 2 --max-resolution 1920 --sub-resolution-levels 2 --dense-config-file /var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/subscene-config.ini --number-views-fuse 2 --max-threads 12 --archive-type 3 --postprocess-dmaps 0 --geometric-iters 0 -w /var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/depthmaps -v 0 --cuda-device -2
20:17:45 [App     ] Preparing images for dense reconstruction completed: 558 images (2s86ms)
20:17:45 [App     ] Selecting images for dense reconstruction completed: 558 images (210ms)
Killed
[WARNING] Sub-scene /var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/scene_0000.mvs could not be reconstructed, skipping...
[WARNING] Could not compute PLY for subscene /var/www/data/a77bb647-200f-4903-a544-c74d6944400a/opensfm/undistorted/openmvs/scene_0000.mvs
[INFO]    Merging 0 scene files
[ERROR]   Could not compute dense point cloud (no PLY files available).

Thanks in advance for any insight or troubleshooting procedures.

[Aeret]

I saw in your dataset there are 4 x 4kb files. Did you include them in the upload? That might cause some problems.

I’m running the set (without the 4x4kb files) to see what it’ll look like. I’m curious about your flight route was it defined by waypointmap?

[evfisher44]

Good catch. Those were just an upload error to Google Drive. They are not part of the dataset. All of the images used range from 6.3 to 12.1 Mb.

Yes, that is definitely my route as defined by waypointmap.

Now that I’m looking at the route diagram, could the image files trailing off top screen right cause an issue?

Thanks .

[Aeret]

I forgot I started your process. But first results look pretty good (I’m not behind my laptop) , some quick previews from my telephone. The project was processed in the setting Default.

[evfisher44]

Thanks. I’ll try rendering again. I hadn’t changed any settings (I don’t think)