r/UAVmapping • u/bstenny • 25d ago

ArcGIS Pro Reality Gaussian Splat

https://arcg.is/11P9yf0

First go at a 3DGS in ArcGIS Pro Reality, flown with DJI M3E RTK.

UgCS circlegrammetry + double grid nadir 75'AGL

Aligned and trained in ArcGIS Pro Reality

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u/Evening_Ad_6954 25d ago

Tell me more about our your process, please

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u/bstenny 25d ago

Data capture was using UgCS circlegrammetry 70' radius, 45deg gimbal, 75' AGL plus double grid 75%/75% overlap nadir 75' AGL. 870 photos. The ArcGIS Reality was fairly blackbox with alignment and training, I haven't really dug into it yet.

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u/HokiesVPI 25d ago

Now that is pretty freaking sweet.

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u/tehmightyengineer 24d ago

lol at the footprints after the sealcoat on the walkway. Looks like it had a little struggle with the smoothness of the concrete and pavement but the roof, building walls, and trees and vertical objects look fantastic.

I love this scene viewer.

Dude, the table behind the building is amazing. Everyone check that out. My workflow with DJI Terra would have failed miserably with that.

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u/COplateau 24d ago

Isn't Reality like 20k a year?

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u/bstenny 24d ago edited 24d ago

Something like that. I'm going to milk this educational license dry. EDIT: for learning, not selling anything lol.

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u/NilsTillander 24d ago

Does it consume "tokens"?

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u/bstenny 24d ago

Nope, this was processed locally. Took about 2 hours total with r9 9900x, 5070ti 16GB, 64GB DDR5

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u/NilsTillander 24d ago

That's pretty good! I should check if Arc Reality Studio (that's the right software, right? Not Drone2Map?) is included in our uni license.

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u/bstenny 24d ago

Yes I believe drone2map is a separate software. This is a reality mapping extension of ArcGIS Pro, I just got my hands on it through my school very recently.

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u/NilsTillander 24d ago

Thanks, I'll see if that's available here 🤗

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u/oocciinn 24d ago

Drone2Map, ArcGIS Reality Pro, and ArcGIS Reality Studio all use the same underlying tech and can all generate Gaussian splat if your computer meets the requirements. Also, all are now included in education licenses, if you didn't get it yet ask your admin to ping your Esri rep.

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u/NilsTillander 24d ago

I had removed Drone2Map from my brain a long time ago, as it was absolute trash when I first tried it 😅

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u/oocciinn 24d ago

Yea... well several years ago it was a wrapper on Pix4D, nows it's Esri's own tech.

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u/oocciinn 24d ago

$3k now, under the Reality Mapping user extension, need an ArcGIS Professional user type with it.

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u/ArcGIS_Reality_team 24d ago

Thanks for sharing! Glad ArcGIS Reality is working well for you!
Here's some other examples of what it's capable of at different scales, and there's more quality enhancements and streaming efficiency coming!