- The following are free options to practice creation of maps and models from drone imagery.
- These can be especially useful for students pursuing O-5006, or SETs training and validating students on O-5006.
Cloud Processing Options
The following options involve upload of images to a cloud destination. Then, servers running in the cloud take care of processing and assembling the maps and models.
Drone Deploy

Image: AZWG | NESA Rubble Pile Wingtra Imagery Processed through Drone Deploy
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Get an account.
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Sign up for Drone Deploy's 14 day free trial (HERE).
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Wait to sign up until you are close to relevant training days.
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Processing Allowances.
- Very high. You won't hit the limit.
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Training.
- Go to O-5006 — Prepare an Orthomosaic Image Utilizing Orthomosaic Image Processing Software
- Read through mapping principles. Review instructions on how to use Drone Deploy for creating and sharing maps.
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Images.
- Bring your own images to upload; or,
- Use the available DJI, Wingtra, or X10D datasets below
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1k2njFk7K5dMC4I9-honDWH4w2DwwYr4D?usp=sharing
Nova Maps

Image: AZWG | NESA Rubble Pile Wingtra Imagery from linked Google Drive processed through Nova Maps
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Caution. Terms of Service require users to be 18 to create an account.
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- Get an account.
- If 18 and over, sign up for the free tier (HERE). No trial period.
- Processing Allowances.
- Unlimited map processing.
- Maximum source imagery storage of 2GB, meaning you can’t upload more than 2GB of total images for processing.
- Training.
- Go to (https://learn.mapnova.com/ortho) to learn how to use Nova Maps
- Images.
- Bring your own images to upload; or,
- Use the available DJI, Wingtra, or X10D datasets below. All linked datasets are under 2GB.
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1k2njFk7K5dMC4I9-honDWH4w2DwwYr4D?usp=sharing