Available with Standard or Advanced license.
Available for an ArcGIS organization with the ArcGIS Reality license.
ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro is an ArcGIS Pro extension that expands ortho mapping capabilities with high-fidelity 2D, 3D, and True Ortho product generation. ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro is enabled with an ArcGIS Pro Standard or Advanced license, together with an ArcGIS Reality license. When the ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro extension is enabled, you can generate the following products from drone and digital aerial imagery:
- DSM—A digital surface model (DSM) of the earth and features above the surface. This is generated from a collection of overlapping images.
- True Ortho—An orthorectified image without perspective distortion so that above-ground features do not lean and obscure other features.
- DSM Mesh—A 2.5D textured model in which the adjusted images are draped on a triangulated irregular network (TIN) version of the DSM extracted from overlapping images.
- Point Cloud—3D points representing the ground surface and features above the ground, derived from overlapping imagery.
- 3D Mesh—A 3D textured model in which the ground and above-ground feature facades are densely and accurately reconstructed.
Using satellite imagery, you can generate DSM and DSM Mesh products. You can also collect, block adjust, and generate various 2D ortho mapping products from drone, digital aerial, scanned aerial photography, and satellite imagery.
Extension requirements
Photogrammetric processing using ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro requires above average computer resources to improve performance. Data, project, and system requirements and recommendations are listed in the sections below.
Data and project requirements
Data and project requirements are as follows:
Data type | Requirement |
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Sensor data | Drone, digital aerial, and satellite imagery |
Image perspective | Nadir or oblique, or a combination of both |
Minimum image overlap | 60 percent forward, 30 percent lateral |
Recommended image overlap | 80 percent forward, 80 percent lateral |
Recommended minimum number of images | 100 nadir images, 300 oblique images |
Image preprocessing | Block adjusted source imagery |
System requirements
In addition to ArcGIS Pro system requirements, the following system requirements are recommended for optimal ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro performance:
Item | ArcGIS Pro supported and recommended requirements | ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro recommended extended requirements |
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CPU | Minimum: 2 cores, simultaneous multithreading Simultaneous multithreading, or hyperthreading, of CPUs typically features two threads per core. A multithreaded 2-core CPU will have four threads available for processing, while a multithreaded 6-core CPU will have 12 threads available for processing. A maximum of 48 CPU threads is supported.
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GPU | Recommended |
Note:GPU (CUDA) processing is supported when using a GPU with a compute capability 3.2 or higher. |
Platform | x64 bit | x64 bit |
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Dedicated (not shared) graphics memory | Recommended—4 GB or more If using a notebook computer with an integrated GPU, consider increasing the system RAM to compensate for the use of shared memory. | Recommended—4 GB or more If using a notebook computer with an integrated GPU, consider increasing the system RAM to compensate for the use of shared memory. |
Visualization cache | The temporary visualization cache for ArcGIS Pro can consume up to 32 GB of space, if available, in the user-selected location. By default, the visualization cache is written to the user profile’s \Local subfolder so it does not roam with the user profile if roaming profiles are enabled by your system administrator. | The temporary visualization cache for ArcGIS Pro can consume up to 32 GB of space, if available, in the user-selected location. By default, the visualization cache is written to the user profile’s \Local subfolder so it does not roam with the user profile if roaming profiles are enabled by your system administrator. |
DirectX | Minimum: DirectX 11, feature level 11.0, Shader Model 5.0 | Minimum: DirectX 11, feature level 11.0, Shader Model 5.0 |
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Frequently asked questions
See the Frequently asked questions (FAQ) topic for more details about the ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro extension.
See the Install ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro topic for details about installing and licensing ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro.