Roadmap

Short list of projects for Feb 23-26 Code Sprint

• Prep @edgarriba's cmake fork into main branch
• Improve georeferencing / coordinate system throughout entire pipeline
  • Needs to be an integrated part of the the pipeline, not a single process at the end
• create benchmarking

Short Term Improvements:

Merge existing and proposed changes into the cmake fork

• add any OO improvements from other work
• remove junk code
• update argparse arguments
• Orthophoto .tif generation
• update Dockerfile
• fix GCP reading order
• add GDAL specifications for GCP lists
• add XYZ point cloud output
• use mkdir_p() everywhere
• optimize prepare_objects (Doesn't exist)
• improve logging and messages
  • Add benchmarking and generate a log file
• rerun_all functionality
• remove depreciated code (ccd_defs, etc)
• other clerical changes (README, etc)
• optimize slow code (i.e. PMVS)
• Implement testing framework. See https://github.com/dakotabenjamin/OpenDroneMap/tree/nose_tests

Push cmake fork to gh-pages

• implement testing protocol
• update licenses
• release odm v0.1

Texturing/blending (contracted)

• Add image blending and exposure adjustments
• Improve image stitching

Video/SLAM reconstruction (contracted)

• ORB vs. LSD SLAM approaches

Produce a benchmarking file

• See this issue
• Pull Request

Update dependencies

• pyexiv2 is depreciated in favor of gexiv2

Long Term Improvements:

Processing pipeline improvements:

• Semi-global matching for denser point clouds (http://cdcseacave.github.io/openMVS/ ?)
• Replacement of lastools with PDAL
• Add optional pre-calibration tool, maybe with editable library of lens parameters derived from checkerboard calibration process
  • The lensfun database with lensfunpy (https://github.com/neothemachine/lensfunpy) could be the way to go.

Processing pipeline augmentation:

• Point cloud partitioning / classification
• Improvement of meshing (treat buildings differently than vegetation than ground, etc.)
• DEM generation

Web improvements

• Development of Python API
• Development of web front end(s)
• Integration with OpenAerialMap

Current vs. possible future pipeline

Current

• Resize
• OpenSfM
• Match
• Reconstruction
• Bundle
• Dense Reconstruction
• Currently CMVS/PMVS
• Mesh
• Texturing
• Custom
• Orthophoto

• Resize
• OpenSfM
• Match
• Reconstruction
• Bundle
• Dense Reconstruction
• DensifyPointCloud.cpp from OpenMVS
• Mesh
• Texturing
• MVS-Texturing
• Orthophoto