Prepare MM Data Siteco

This page describes how to prepare Siteco mobile mapping resources for Orbit.
Using the Siteco Orbit Import Templates prepared resources can be imported into Orbit.

It is strongly recommend to read first Concepts of Mobile Mapping and UAS data in Orbit.

Trajectory

Currently no known Siteco export.

Panoramas

Image files

Image type : Ladybug 5, equirectangular panoramas
Image resolution : ratio 2×1, advised 8000×4000
Files : *.jpg files, each image is one jpg file
File name : exactly as in the “File” value of the photo position file, see below
Folder structure : all files in one folder

Image positions file

File format : one ascii *.csv file
File structure Rows : each image is one record
File structure Columns : tab separated (char9), headers, with exact order as the example below
Value “File” : File name as on disk, with file extension.
Value of Coordinates : any supported coordinate system can be used, Long/Lat order for geographical coordinates, decimal notation, without thousands separator.

File	X/Long	Y/Lat	Z	Roll	Pitch	Heading
ladybugImageOutput_00000000.jpg	680801.638677174	4932887.136240140	81.276612748	-0.021150	-0.017841	-1.914791
ladybugImageOutput_00000001.jpg	680800.854580450	4932885.230204490	81.276298839	-0.024719	-0.026458	-2.051670
ladybugImageOutput_00000002.jpg	680799.883748140	4932883.467978530	81.280256806	-0.015858	-0.026158	-2.082066
...

Pointcloud

File format : One or more *.las or *.laz files.
File structure : Las version 1.2.
Latitude, Longitude, Elevation : use of projected WGS84 / UTM zone 32N coordinates (EPSG 32632) is required at this time
Value of Timestamp : Same reference as Trajectory.