37 minutes from takeoff.
That's how long it took for my 21 million point, 1.35 inch RMSE, checkpoint-verified DroneDeploy map to pop up ready to go in my email. 😮 😮 😮
I talk a lot about accuracy on my page, and for good reason. But oftentimes speed can be just as, if not, more important than accuracy. If a critical time milestone passes and your job site team is left in the dark about the facts on the ground, you might as well not even fly.
Here's the workflow outline that made this happen.
1. Before leaving the office, I set up the DroneDeploy project with Project-Level GCP's. This way, when I mobile upload the data from the drone, GCPs automatically apply.
2. As I turn on my DJI M3E RTK, automatic DroneDeploy network RTK corrections get a fix immediately upon loading up our flight app. I fly the 14 acre, 6 minute mission.
3. I land and select a mobile upload, so the data uploads to DroneDeploy before I even head to the car. The map is then processing using DroneDeploy's proprietary Map Engine. Not relying on a 3rd party photogrammetry engine has its benefits, speed included.
4. 28 minutes after takeoff, I get an email inviting me to review the automated GCP/checkpoint tags. I did not have to adjust a single tag, as all of my 13 markers were perfectly tagged by out system. I click submit.
5. 37 minutes after takeoff, my map is ready to go, with 13 checkpoints (that could've been processed as GCP's), verifying that I indeed have a very accurate map.
Today, for this kind of quality, I don't think you can't have it any easier and faster than that.