At the risk of oversimplifying the incredible work that Piero, Stephen, and others have put into ODM in recent years, I am attempting to distill a “What’s new in ODM” list for an upcoming conference presentation. Here’s what I have. Any favorites? Anything missing? (The audience is academics and researchers who have not used ODM recently, or are not familiar with it.)
Key ODM Updates 2019-2021 - in no particular order
- Quality Report
- KMZ Export
- Split/Merge
- ClusterODM
- Processing via MicMac
- Thermal Support (Micasense Altum, others in process)
- Beginning GPU Support
- Faster Processing
- Better Memory Efficiency
- Output Quality Improvements
- Output Comparison – UAV Arena (Pix4D, MicMac, DroneDeploy, Metashape, DroneMapper) Compare Ortho and DSM
- Benchmarks
- Licensing updated
Key WebODM Updates 2019-2021
- DSM/DEM Contours
- Improved Speed and Reliability
- Entwine Point Cloud Support
- WebXR Support
- Camera Position Display
- Localization/International Language Support