Drone multispectral camera support in Reality mapping and Ortho mapping

Multispectral cameras are quickly becoming a valuable tool in drone imagery collection as the cameras become less expensive and lighter. They can be useful for many types of analysis. In Reality mapping and Ortho mapping, multispectral cameras can be used to assess vegetation health within an area by turning the multiple bands they collect into an orthomosaic to derive various vegetation indices. Reality mapping and Ortho mapping currently supports processing of multispectral imagery from the cameras listed below and will continue to expand support for new cameras in the future.

Note:

Multispectral and thermal processing in Reality mapping and Ortho mapping is only for 2D products.

For more information about radiometric calibration, see Radiometric calibration.

Camera model	Bands	Radiometric calibration	Color balancing
AeroVironment Quantix	Green, Red, Near Infrared
DJI P4 Multispectral	Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral	Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
MicaSense Altum	Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared, Thermal
MicaSense Altum-PT	Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared, Thermal
MicaSense RedEdge	Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
MicaSense RedEdge M	Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
MicaSense RedEdge MX	Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
MicaSense RedEdge MX Dual	Coastal Blue, Blue, Green (531), Green (560), Red (650), Red (668), RedEdge (705), RedEdge (715), RedEdge (740), Near Infrared
MicaSense RedEdge-P	Panchromatic, Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
Sensefly Parrot Sequoia+	Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
Sentera 4	Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
Sentera 6X	Blue, Green, Red, RedEdge, Near Infrared
SlantRange 4P+	Blue, Green, Red (620), Red (650), RedEdge, Near Infrared		*

Note:

Sensors that support radiometric calibration can only be color balanced when using the Digital Number quantity type in the Radiometric Calibration window. Once a value for Digital Number is specified, the Color BalancingReality Desktop check box is available in the image collection processing options.

SlantRange cameras write images that are named using UNIX time stamps. These images have no attached metadata and, even with a GPS file, do not properly import into Reality Desktop. However, the SlantRange software can convert the original images into new .tif files that are named properly and contain the necessary flight metadata.