Product description
PhotoCapture Standalone Basic
Aerial surveying and drone photogrammetry is rapidly becoming a vital part of any surveyor’s toolkit. Thousands of people use drone site flyovers every day to help boost efficiency and lower costs.
With Carlson PhotoCapture drone photo processing software, you can use flyover data to:
• Quickly generate interactive 3D maps of sites
• Capture highly accurate 3D site data in point clouds, orthophotos, and more
• Integrate LiDAR data from aerial or ground sources into photogrammetry projects
• Share site maps with customers – anywhere, anytime!
• Save man-hours in the field
Our proprietary technology helps you track and share every metric about your site from anywhere in the world. PhotoCapture is available both as a cloud-based service and as a standalone desktop application. You can learn more about Carlson’s RTK UAS, the Autel EVO II Pro RTK here.
Project Creation
- Polygon Selection/Removal of unwanted images with a click of a button
- Project Splitting with Polygon Selection Tool (Large project into small projects)
- Visualize project area before processing
- Ground Control Point (GCP) import (landxml,.csv, .txt)
- Manual Ground Control Point input
- Ground Control Point Validation
- Metric, Feet, and US Survey Feet support
- Global/Local Coordinate System Support (thousands of supported projections)
Project Processing
- Nadir/Oblique Support
- Self-Calibration – Automatic Determination of Camera IOP and EOP
- Fixed-Calibration – Use your own calibration parameters for processing
- Automated Bundle Adjustment
- Automated Point Cloud Densification
- Automated DEM Generation
- Automatic Contour Generation
- Automatic Mesh Generation
- Automaic Orthomosaic Generation
- Accuracy Report
Project Outputs
- Orthomosaics in GeoTIFF, jpg, png output format
- DEM in Geotiff, jpg, png output formats
- 3D point cloud in .las, .xyz, and .ply
- 3D mesh in .ply, .obj, and .glb formats
- Contours in .dxf, GeoTIFF formats
- Accuracy Report in PDF format
- In-Browser Volume Calculations
Collaboration
- Web visualization of all data products
- Visualize 2D maps and 3D models using any web browser
- Cesium 3D Tile Integration
- Instant measurement of distances and surfaces
- Share Projects with annotations via a simple link
- Embed project output in a webpage
- Visualize Site Changes over Time in 2D and 3D with Project Timeline
PhotoCapture News and Blogs
Carlson Partners With Autel Robotics to Offer Full UAS to CAD Workflow
Carlson PhotoCapture Now Available As Standalone Desktop Application
Why Do They Now Call Last Vegas “TIN City”?
Only Pay for the Photogrammetry Software You Need with Carlson PhotoCapture
You Don’t Need a Drone to Reap the Benefits of Photogrammetry
Understanding Carlson PhotoCapture’s New Project Report
Photogrammetry for People Like Me with Carlson PhotoCapture
New FAA Proposal Drone Pilots Should Know About
Carlson Introduces New Functionality & Simplified Pricing for PhotoCapture Photogrammetry Software
PhotoCapture Standalone Basic includes all photogrammetry processing features to create point clouds and orthoimages, while PhotoCapture Standalone Advanced adds LiDAR coloriation processing and the Survey Canvas, where users can calculate volumes, draw linework, and much more directly in PhotoCapture
Standalone system requirements:
| Hardware | Minimum | Recommended |
| CPU | Intel I9 / AMD Ryzen 7 | Intel I9 14 gen / AMD Ryzen 9 |
| CPU Cores | 8 / 8 | 24 / 16 |
| CPU Threads | 16 / 16 | 32 / 32 |
| RAM | 32 GB | 64 GB or more |
| SSD MVMe | 1 TB free | 2 TB or more free |
| Graphics Card | Nvidia GeForce* | Nvidia GeForce* |
* PhotoCapture does not use the GPU but note that Nvidia GeForce series cards are recommended for other Carlson Software products.
Point Cloud Advanced + 12 Months Maintenance
Bring point cloud data to your CAD environment. A modular program that provides the ability to go from field scan to finished plat, Carlson Point Cloud delivers powerful automation for large data sets. View and process up to 1 billion points all with Carlson ease-of-use.
Key Features
- Register scans to local coordinates, filter or decimate the points, and overlay raster images in 3D
- Snap to edges and code descriptions for automated field-to-finish processing of linework and symbols
- Create contours, profiles, sections, and breaklines from within the point cloud
Lastly, all surface models, points, contours, breaklines, grid and profiles can be exported to CAD.
View the system/hardware requirements for Carlson Point Cloud and our other CAD-based software here. View the Point Cloud info brochure here.
