ISPRS-Archives The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ISPRS-Archives Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. 2194-9034 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W12-95-2019 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 3D PHOTOGRAMMETRY MODELING SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR DRONES SURVEY Hinge L. 1 Gundorph J. 1 Ujang U. 1 2 Azri S. 1 2 Anton F. 3 Abdul Rahman A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5263-8266 2 Department of Geodesy, Denmark National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark Department of Geoinformation, Faculty of Built Environment and Survey, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia Yachay Tech University, School of Mathematical Sciences and Information Technology, Ecuador 21 02 2019 XLII-4/W12 95 100 Copyright: © 2019 L. Hinge et al. 2019 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is available from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLII-4-W12/95/2019/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W12-95-2019.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLII-4-W12/95/2019/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W12-95-2019.pdf

Drones are becoming popular in spatial mapping or survey. The use of drones survey can be seen from it low flying heights (capable to create a clear images), accessible on difficult or non-friendly vehicle access areas, faster data acquisition and higher data resolution henceforth improve the quality of the survey. However, this paper focuses on the post-processing of drone images for 3D surface modeling. With the motivation of producing better 3D models, four software packages are used for comparison. Those software packages are eyesMap3D, Drone Deploy, Agisoft PhotoScan and Pix4Dmapper. The equipment used to ensure a high level of quality model is the Leica GPS1200+ stationary GPS module and the DJI Phantom 4 PRO drone. The Leica GPS1200+ stationary GPS module were used to track the exact position of tie points on the ground. Meanwhile the DJI Phantom 4 PRO drone is used as data inputs (images) for the software packages stated. In addition, the drone is used to fly over a golf course, with a challenge of homogenous surface for 3D surface modeling. Based on the output, it shows that each software packages produces slightly different outputs. This paper summarizes the outputs and discusses the key elements in each software packages. This variation might be useful for future references in 3D surface modeling that can conform in different applications requirements.