User-friendly, extendable application and API for drone image processing. Generate geo-referenced maps, point clouds, elevation models and textured 3D models from aerial images.

New Features:

• 2.5 dimensional mesh
• Create georef transformation file
• DEM/DTM modeling with ground classification
• Add python contributions/plugin support
  • vegetation indices
  • blender
  • video 360
• Fast orthophoto with sparse reconstruction
• Add ID column support for GCP files
• Expose more parameters for OpenSfM (depth map, etc)
• Add support for laz output

Fixes/updates:
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• Updated PDAL pipeline and version
• Increase useful output to stdout
• Remove resizing of original images (fixes issue with georeferencing
• Fix GPS altitude tag parsing
• Pyexiv2 crashing issue
• Fix x,y dimensions in exif after resize
• Improve install/configure script
• Improve usability
• improve readme instructions
• remove depreciated parameters
• Update dependencies
• improve docker usability
• fix utm bug: OpenDroneMap/WebODM#267
• replace jhead with exiv2
• fix end_with tag with mvs-texturing
• add ability to skip convert_to_las
• fix issue with single-digit utm zones
• Handle bundler files that have invalid/empty camera parameters
• remove sudo statements from config
• Fixed single-material rendering bug in odm_orthophoto
• Split-merge, for very large datasets
• Improve GDAL memory management
• Presever double coordinates precision in odm_georef
• Fix GCP accuracy issues
• odm_georef output to binary instead of ply
• fix mvs-tex temp dir issues
• make csv export optional
• improve odm_georef processing speed
• use cmake build type for internal modules
• remove mesh command in opensfm (currently unused)
• fix gippy download
• fix build processes in config script
• Fix VTK build