From 37abbee4292dfc5e2fbe8b073e9ce18162319ab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Piero Toffanin Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 13:12:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add alignment files page --- source/align.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ source/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/align.rst diff --git a/source/align.rst b/source/align.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..08656a3cc --- /dev/null +++ b/source/align.rst @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +############### +Alignment Files +############### + +Georeferencing by default is done using GPS or GCPs (if provided). + +Starting from ODM ``3.0.2`` people can supply a reference alignment file to georeference the program outputs. The reconstruction will be initially performed using GPS/GCPs and will subsequently be aligned to the reference model via a linear scaling/rotation/shift operation. + +If you supply a file called ``align.laz``, ``align.las`` or ``align.tif`` (single band GeoTIFF DEM) then ODM will automatically detect it and attempt to align outputs to this reference model. If it has another name you can specify using ``--align ``. + +The alignment file must be created in the base of your project folder. + +`Learn to edit `_ and help improve `this page `_! diff --git a/source/index.rst b/source/index.rst index e424c0189..acdb93f44 100644 --- a/source/index.rst +++ b/source/index.rst @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ The documentation is available in several languages. Some translations are incom gcp map-accuracy geo + align masks large resources