Virtual Surveyor Releases Newest Version of Smart Drone Surveying Software: Now with Photogrammetry

Virtual Surveyor Releases New Photogrammetry App: Completing Drone Survey Workflow

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by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby

Software company Virtual Surveyor has updated the newest version of its smart drone surveying software to include drone photogrammetry functionality. Photos are processed through the new Terrain Creator app to generate survey-grade terrains to be transferred to the Virtual Surveyor workspace to conduct survey work.

“Virtual Surveyor software is now two desktop apps in one subscription package that create a seamless end-to-end drone survey workflow to save time and money,” said Virtual Surveyor CEO Tom Op ‘t Eyndt. “Terrain Creator removes complexity from the drone photogrammetry process, offering a visual and intuitive application to produce an orthomosaic and digital surface model (DSM) from drone photos.”

Virtual Surveyor software was designed to link drone photogrammetric processing applications and engineering design packages. Prior to this release, users were required to use third-party software to create elevation models and an orthomosaic to be worked on with the Virtual Surveyor toolset to obtain the necessary 3D topographic information.

“Drone surveyors no longer have to spend money on a third-party photogrammetry package to convert their drone photos into an orthomosaic and DSMs,” said Op ‘t Eyndt. “It just comes with our package, and the fully integrated workflow eliminates the time spent porting photogrammetry products from another package into Virtual Surveyor.”

In the Virtual Surveyor desktop app, users can leverage its toolsets to create CAD models, cut-and-fill maps and calculations, or calculate volume reports.

Those already subscribers to Virtual Surveyor Ridge and Peak editions will receive an automatic update to Version 9.0 with Terrain Creator. Additionally, a flexible licensing setup for subscribing organizations will enable two users to access the Terrain Creator and Virtual Surveyor applications at the same time on two different computers.

Virtual Surveyor will showcase its new release at InterGEO 2023 (Hall 1.2, Stand D1.030) on October 10-12 in Berlin, Germany, as well as other trade fairs this autumn.

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Ian attended Dominican University of California, where he received a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong passion for writing and storytelling and a keen interest in technology, he is now contributing to DroneLife as a staff writer.