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DJI Terra is an all-in-one drone mapping solution that contains all the resources that surveyors or project managers need to plan, visualize, process, and analyze aerial data. The 3D modeling and mapping software transforms drone data into digital assets for easy analysis and decision-making.

DJI Terra was launched in 2019 in response to a need for a more streamlined solution that could facilitate faster decisions in critical sectors such as public safety, construction, infrastructure, and agriculture. 

The software comes with real-time mapping capabilities. This means drone pilots can quickly generate 2D orthomosaic maps as the drone flies. DJI Terra’s fast processing capability also creates sharp and realistic representations of any environment through detailed 2D orthomosaics and 3D model reconstructions used for industrial applications like reconstructing vehicle crashes, tracking progress on construction projects, or conducting large-scale critical infrastructure inspections on bridges and roadways.

In addition, the software helps commercial drone pilots to plan automated flights with several easy-to-use options based on the area or objects they’d like to capture and the type of map or 3D model they’d like to create. Mission planning types include:

  • Area: Capture a specific area quickly and easily by drawing a custom polygonal flight zone on a map. DJI Terra automatically generates efficient flight path options based on the area selected.
  • Waypoint: Create dynamic custom flight paths through an area or around objects using waypoints and adjustable parameters like aircraft altitude, speed, heading, gimbal pitch and angle. For more complex missions that require high attention to detail, the 3D Flight Visualization feature enables the design and simulation of missions on existing 3D models.
  • Oblique: Capture a rich data set by automatically flying the same route multiple times. Each flight automatically adjusts the angle of the camera to capture new details, giving an extra crisp 3D model of the object or asset from multiple angles

The intuitive software is compatible with Phantom 4 RTK, P4 Pro, P4 Multispectral, Matrice 300 RTK, Mavic 3 Multispectral, as well as Zenmuse P1 and Zenmuse L1 payloads.

You can also use Terra with a complementary software solution, DJI Modify, that makes repairing common 3D model defects simple and efficient. With one click, DJI Modify can be launched in any DJI Terra 3D modeling project. Once DJI Modify has been enabled, DJI Terra files for model editing are automatically generated, including pre-identified objects and pre-processing of the model. It’s just like Photoshop for photo editing, which makes repairing common 3D model defects seamless and efficient. Currently, DJI Modify will only support repairing models built by DJI Terra.

New DJI Terra update improves 2D reconstruction, LiDAR missions

DJI Terra drone mapping software update lidar 2d

Terra, the all-in-one drone mapping solution from DJI, has been updated yet again to enhance both the product features as well as the data processing speed. Version 3.6.0 of the software brings rapid improvements to LiDAR point cloud missions and a 10% increase in computational efficiency of 2D reconstructions compared to previous DJI Terra versions.

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DJI Terra converts drone imagery into 3D models and maps

DJI Terra converts your drone imagery into 3D models and maps

We first covered DJI Terra back in November of 2017, but couldn’t quite make sense of what it would be. Late last year during the Airworks 2018 event, DJI said that DJI Terra would become available during Q1 of 2019. And here we are, right at the end of the first quarter with the official announcement of DJI Terra. The company calls is software that “transforms drone data into digital 3D models and maps for easy analysis and decision making.” It seems that DJI will be very useful for a number of industries, specifically “crash reconstructions to critical infrastructure inspections as well as agriculture field mapping and construction site modeling.” DJI Terra promises to be very interesting and will surely ruffle some feathers of competing drone services companies.

DJI Terra is available today for purchase through authorized DJI Enterprise resellers worldwide and is compatible with Windows PCs and all current DJI Phantom 4 Series drones

Photo shows DJI Terra’s office in The Netherlands


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DJI Terra – a drone or service for transportation over land?

DJI Terra - DJI Europe BV Bijdorp-Oost 62992 LA Barendrecht The Netherlands

We all know DJI from their unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones. Now, we have learned that maybe DJI will not restrict itself to the only the air but may launch something for our terra firma, i.e. the ground. We do not know exactly what DJI has in store for us, but late last year on December 30th, DJI started a new company at the same address as their European Headoffices in The Netherlands, called DJI Terra B.V.


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