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The company Agisoft, founded in 2006, recently released an update for its PhotoScan photogrammetry software. For anyone not yet familiar with the scanning method and the tool: further below, we have created a collection of free articles from DP for you. Have fun reading up!
1.3 PhotoScan Update
- GPU acceleration in the image-matching process
- CUDA support for Nvidia graphics cards
- New folder functions for creating camera groupings
- Multichannel for point-cloud colours is now also supported
- Messages for errors in camera rotations
You can find the complete release notes here.
Download and Costs
The tool comes in two versions: a Standard Edition and a Professional Edition. You can view a comparison of the functions here. The two variants are also far apart in price: the Standard Edition is available from €168, while the Professional Edition costs €3,289. If you want to test PhotoScan first, Agisoft offers a free 30-day trial version. You can find more detailed information about the licences and prices here.
Photogrammetry in DP
Anyone who needs an introduction to scanning processes with PhotoScan can look at our DP issue 14 : 06. We have made the article available to you here free of charge. In DP issue 15 : 04, we also showed you a workflow using PhotoScan to create a hamburger. You can read the pipeline for the calorie-free hamburger here. If you also want to avoid trouble with the aviation authority on your next drone-photogrammetry project, it is worth taking a look at this article. You can additionally find help and tutorials here.
