Prepare Trimble MX Generic Resources

This page describes Trimble MX files exported by Trident for Orbit.
Using the according Orbit Import Templates the described resources can be imported into Orbit.

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

This document describes how to use Trident to export the files as documented on this page.
trimble_mx2_data_into_trimble_mx_software_0302147.pdf

• File format : One ascii *.csv file.
• File structure Rows : Each timestamp is one record.
• File structure Columns : Tab separated (char9), no headers, with exact order as the example below.
• Value of Coordinates : any supported coordinate system can be used, Long/Lat order for geographical coordinates, decimal notation, without thousands separator.
• Value of Timestamp : GPS Absolute time or GPS Week time, decimal notation, without thousand separator.

413271.000	30.340897080	-97.694703378	188.8011	0.017	0.019	0.035	0.019045	0.018966	0.060342
413272.000	30.340814635	-97.694561605	187.8982	0.013	0.014	0.029	0.018057	0.017994	0.059934
413273.000	30.340751275	-97.694413931	186.9808	0.012	0.011	0.024	0.017443	0.017416	0.059664
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• Image type : Ladybug 5, equirectangular panoramas.
• Image resolution : Ratio 2×1, advised 8000×4000 pixels.
• File format : Each image is one *.jpg file.
• File name : ladybug_panoramic_000000.jpg, ladybug_panoramic_000001.jpg, ladybug_panoramic_000002.jpg, …
• Folder structure : All files in one folder.

• File format : One ascii *.csv file.
• File structure Rows : One record for each image.
• File structure Columns : Comma separated (char44), headers, exact order as the example below.
• Value of “ImageName” : xxx_00000.jpg xxx_00001.jpg, xxx_00002.jpg, …
• Value of Coordinates : any supported coordinate system can be used, Long/Lat order for geographical coordinates, decimal notation, without thousands separator.

T3DFrameNo,AVIFrameNo,GpsSeconds,ImageName,X-Ori,Y-Ori,Z-Ori,H-Veh,R-Veh,P-Veh,X-Sensor,Y-Sensor,Z-Sensor,H-Sensor,R-Sensor,P-Sensor,Dist,ltx,lty,ltz,rtx,rty,rtz,lbx,lby,lbz,rbx,rby,rbz
0,0,19437.08685,Record(0)_panorama_000000,25063.032,10676.833,23.727,353.307,-0.119,0.530,25062.817,10677.713,24.384,353.779,0.184,0.963,0.000,25060.679,10679.441,26.030,25064.491,10679.903,26.017,25060.662,10679.494,22.819,25064.474,10679.956,22.806
1,1,19440.20685,Record(0)_panorama_000001,25062.767,10678.847,23.724,353.027,-0.154,0.844,25062.548,10679.723,24.386,353.497,0.156,1.277,2.032,25060.401,10681.432,26.042,25064.211,10681.913,26.031,25060.384,10681.502,22.831,25064.193,10681.982,22.820
2,2,19442.86184,Record(0)_panorama_000002,25062.513,10680.880,23.738,352.990,0.418,0.108,25062.299,10681.765,24.390,353.464,0.713,0.530,4.080,25060.165,10683.496,26.038,25063.974,10683.979,25.990,25060.121,10683.520,22.827,25063.930,10684.003,22.779
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• File format : One or more *.las files for each scanner.
• File structure : Las version 1.2.
• Value of Coordinates : Same CRS as Image Positions.
• Value of Timestamp : Same reference as Trajectory.