Carlson PhotoCapture photogrammetry

Aerial surveying and drone photogrammetry is rapidly becoming a vital part of any land surveyor’s toolkit. Thousands of people use drone site flyovers each day to increase project productivity and produce high quality orthomosaics.

• Quickly generate interactive 3D maps of job sites
• Capture precise, accurate 3D site data from any camera
• Share site maps with customers – anywhere, anytime!
• Save valuable hours in the field!

Our proprietary photogrammetry technology helps you track and share every metric about your site from anywhere in the world. 

Important: This is a new end user perpetual license. Annual software maintenance is required. If you are a current Carlson software user, please contact us to discuss renewal options.

Project Creation

• Polygon selection and removal of unwanted images with one click
• Project splitting with polygon selection tool (large project into small projects)
• Visualize project area before processing
• Ground Control Point (GCP) import (landxml, .csv, .txt)
• Manual Ground Control Point (GCP) input
• Ground Control Point Validation
• Metric, Feet, and US Survey Feet support
• Global and local coordinate system support (1000’s of supported projections)

Project Processing

• Nadir & Oblique support
• Self-Calibration – automatic determination of camera IOP and EOP
• Fixed-calibration – use your own calibration parameters for processing
• Automated bundle adjustment, point cloud densification, DEM generation, contour generation, mesh generation, and orthomosaic generation
• Accuracy Report

Project Outputs

• Export orthomosaics in GeoTIFF, jpg, png formats
• Export DEM in Geotiff, jpg, png formats
• Export 3D point cloud in .las, .xyz, and .ply; 3D mesh in .ply, .obj, and .glb formats
• Contours available in .dxf and GeoTIFF formats
• Accuracy report option in PDF format
• In-Browser volume calculations

Collaboration

• Web visualization of all data products
• Visualize 2D maps and 3D models using any web browser
• Cesium 3D tile integration
• Instant measurement of distances and surfaces
• Share projects with annotations via a simple link
• Embed project output in a webpage
• Visualize site changes over time in 2D and 3D with Project Timeline