Our Metashape Standard online course has been running for about six months now. So far, feedback has been very positive.
That should not mean we sit back and think the work is over. It isn’t and we like to keep things as fresh as we can, adding content when we can. One group of students – all very much new to photogrammetry – asked if we could put together a brief end-to-end video that stepped through the basics.
We thought we could go one better for this group and make the Metashape standard online training material as relevant as possible. Why not feature a scene they will need to survey for real?
An Example of the Metashape Standard Online Course
Close to where Simon lives is a closed area of road. The road is complete with white line markings and tyre tracks across the grass. This is very relevant for forensic collision investigation training.
In the Metashape standard online course, It’s a small dataset – just 90 images or so. However, its enough to teach principles and not leave students waiting for a bigger scene to finish processing.
We do like to keep it real and make sure training is relevant and as close to the real world as possible. After all, photogrammetry is all about documenting what is around us, isn’t it? So, let’s look at some real life examples in our Metashape standard online course.
As its shot by drone the dataset carries GPS data. Its not derived from RTK but for the immediate needs of students this is of lesser importance. What’s needed is a quick intro to bring people who have never used photogrammetry up to speed. Help people realise its benefits and potential. Absolute accuracy, recursive refinement and other benefits can come later.
Endorsed By Agisoft
At some point in the future, this material may well feature in the Metashape Professional online course for surveying and forensics. Also, the Metashape standard online course carries an endorsement by Agisoft themselves.
In the meantime, here’s a view of the orthophoto and DEM outputs:
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