Add --sm-no-align

opendm/config.py

@@ -731,11 +731,12 @@ def config(argv=None, parser=None):
                               'The file needs to use the following format: \n'
                               'image_name group_name\n'
                               'Default: %(default)s'))
-    # parser.add_argument('--split-multitracks',
-    #                    action=StoreTrue,
-    #                    nargs=0,
-    #                    default=False,
-    #                    help='Split multi-track reconstructions.')
+
+    parser.add_argument('--sm-no-align',
+                    action=StoreTrue,
+                    nargs=0,
+                    default=False,
+                    help='Skip alignment of submodels in split-merge. Useful if GPS is good enough on very large datasets. Default: %(default)s')
 
     parser.add_argument('--sm-cluster',
                         metavar='<string>',

stages/splitmerge.py

@@ -124,14 +124,16 @@ class ODMSplitStage(types.ODM_Stage):
 
                 self.update_progress(50)
 
+                remove_paths = []
+
                 # Align
+                if not args.sm_no_align:
                     octx.align_reconstructions(self.rerun())
 
                     self.update_progress(55)
 
                     # Aligned reconstruction is in reconstruction.aligned.json
                     # We need to rename it to reconstruction.json
-                remove_paths = []
                     for sp in submodel_paths:
                         sp_octx = OSFMContext(sp)