Pixpro photogrammetry blog

Stockpile Photogrammetry Without a Flight Plan: Do Multiple Orbits Work?

Most stockpile guides, including our own, assume you show up with a plan: a grid mission loaded, overlap calculated, maybe an RTK drone. That is the clean way to do it. But real jobs are not always clean.

Most Asked Photogrammetry Questions Part 5 - From Capture to Delivery

We are back with another installment of our photogrammetry FAQ series. These are ten more questions we hear often, from people getting started and from users already deep into their projects.

From Point Cloud to Report: Using Photogrammetry Software for Roof and Building Inspections

People fixate on the drone part of this, but a drone without solid processing software is just a slightly fancier camera on a stick. The value shows up once overlapping aerial photos get turned into a real, measurable 3D model.

DJI Mini 5 Pro: Timed Shot During POI Tracking for Orbital Photogrammetry

Being able to run timed shot during POI tracking is a genuinely handy way to make quick orbital scans. Let me explain.

How to Make a Clean Roof Orthophoto for Solar Installations

Most roof scans are for a 3D model or a quick inspection. Every so often an engineer or a solar designer asks for something more specific: a true orthophoto of the roof, a straight top-down image they can measure and pull into their CAD workflow.

Portrait Orientation in Photogrammetry: When It Actually Helps

Is there anything to gain by scanning in portrait instead of the usual landscape? Sometimes, a little. But orientation is one of the least important decisions you make on a scan, and it is worth understanding why before you give it any more thought than that.

Better Photogrammetry Results Without Buying New Gear

Every time a new drone or camera comes out, the same thought appears: this is the upgrade that will finally fix my results. Sometimes it is even true. But in my experience, the gap between a mediocre scan and a great one is rarely the hardware.

Workstation PC 2026 – PC Build Hardware Advice

Another year, another look at the workstation PC market. The thing is, last year's advice still mostly stands, and that tells you everything about 2026. Almost nothing got faster, and almost everything got more expensive.

A Short History of Photogrammetry: From Balloons to Drones

Photogrammetry feels like something the drone era invented. It did not. The idea of pulling measurements out of photographs is roughly 170 years old, which makes it older than the airplane and a lot older than the computer.