Bridge the Gap Between Drones and CAD

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.

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 at photocapture.carlsonsw.com and as a standalone desktop application.

Carlson PhotoCapture Highlights

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

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
Automatic 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

StockpileStudio

StockpileStudio is a powerful add-on subscription module that adds automated stockpile detection, editing and reporting tools to PhotoCapture.

Instantly identify stockpiles across a surface model regardless of site size or complexity
Automatically removes conveyors and equipment
Powerful editing tools such as grow/carve, flatten/unflatten, merge/split
Import a base file TIN
Assign materials with density and value
Generate consistent, repeatable volume reports

The Survey Canvas

The Survey tab is a 3D workspace to analyze and annotate your data set, and offers a number of powerful tools and abilities, including:

Create 3D points, polylines and polygons
Measure distance, area and volume
Create grids, TINs, contours and profiles

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 NVMe	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.

PhotoCapture Pricing

PhotoCapture Standalone

Desktop Software with Perpetual License and Unlimited Processing License (1 User): $4,500.

PhotoCapture Web

PhotoCapture Web’s unique pricing structure allows you to maximize your ROI by only purchasing the data you need.

Step 1: Membership

Gain access to Carlson PhotoCapture for $350 a year

Step 2: Add processing capacity

5GB	50GB	150GB	250GB
$250	$1195	$2195	$3195

For processing needs over 250GB, contact our sales department.

Additional modules may be added to your standalone or web PhotoCapture:
LiDAR: $1500 annual subscription
StockpileStudio: $1500 annual subscription

Carlson PhotoCapture Resources

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