Manage Mobile Mapping Runs

This page describes the desktop mobile mapping administration procedures to manage your mobile mapping runs.
It is strongly recommended to read first Concepts of Mobile Mapping and UAS data in Orbit.

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Open an available Orbit Run

• A previously opened Run or Project will be closed and the selected run is opened.
• Search and filter the list of available Runs.
• Open the selected Run via the according button or just double click the name in the list.

Import a raw set of data into an Orbit Run

• The import procedure differs depending the selected import template representing the Mapping resources to import.
  All import configurations like available resources, sensors, sensor specifications and coordinate system are configured and defined by this import template.
• It is required to prepare the data properly according the template specifications, see 3D Mapping Data Preparation and Import Templates.
• The Import Run procedure is not available for Orbit MM Explorer.
  The Explorer is not able to import and process raw data. Data must be processed as Orbit Run to be added into an Explorer.

Import Run Procedure

Complete documentation on the Import Run procedure, see Import 3D Mapping Data.

Add a ready to use Orbit Run as available Run

• Add one or folder containing multiple ready to use Orbit Runs to the application's list of available Runs.
• The original data doesn't need to be re-processed.
• The Add Run procedure is the only way to get mobile mapping data into an Orbit MM Explorer.

Add Run Procedure

• Run
  Browse and select the orbit_mm_run.omr file in the root directory of the Orbit run folder.
  For runs of version 1, select the select the panorama_positions.ovf
• Name
  The name of the Run as on disk is used automatically after selecting the omr file. This name can no longer be changed to avoid any confusion or mistakes due to a different names on disk and in Orbit.

Re-import data into the opened Run

• Update photo position or point cloud resources of the openend Run by re-importing original data files.
• The initially imported photo positions and point cloud resources are replaced upon importing the new files. If only the photo positions file is re-imported, then the initial point cloud resources aren't replaced and visa versa.
• This procedure is inactive if no Run is opened.

Edit Run Procedure

For more information, review documentation on Import Run above.

Note for version 17.x

A bug prevents update of a point cloud via this procedure.
To do so apply following workaround.
Delete the existing <Orbit Run>/pointcloud/point_cloud.opc manually prior to Open and Edit Run.
This issue is fixed by version 18.0.

Remove an available Run from list of available Runs.

• The selected Run is removed from the application's list of available Runs.
• The removed Run is deleted from all Projects it belongs.
• The data files as stored on disk is not deleted, no data is removed from disk.