WebODM

A web interface, API and Mission Planner for OpenDroneMap. The project aims to be a full open source solution for drone image processing.

This is currently a work in progress! See the Roadmap below.

If you know Python, web technologies (JS, HTML, CSS, etc.) or both, consider helping us! People of all skill levels are welcome.

Getting Started

The quickest way to get started is by using Docker.

• From the Docker Quickstart Terminal (Windows / OSX) or from the command line (Linux) type:

git clone https://github.com/OpenDroneMap/WebODM
cd WebODM
pip install docker-compose
docker-compose up

• If you're on Windows/OSX, find the IP of your Docker machine by running this command from your Docker Quickstart Terminal:

docker-machine ip

Linux users can connect to 127.0.0.1.

• Open a Web Browser to http://<yourDockerMachineIp>:8000
• Log in with the default credentials: "admin:admin"

Run it natively

If you want to run WebODM natively, you will need to install:

• PostgreSQL (>= 9.5)
• Python 2.7

Then these steps should be sufficient to get you up and running:

git clone https://github.com/OpenDroneMap/WebODM

Create a WebODM\webodm\local_settings.py file containing:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'webodm_dev',
        'USER': 'postgres',
        'PASSWORD': 'postgres',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

Then:

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install --upgrade git+git://github.com/Yelp/swagger_spec_validator
npm install -g webpack
npm install
webpack
chmod +x start.sh && ./start.sh

Roadmap

• User Registration / Authentication
• UI mockup
• Task Processing
• Model display (using Cesium/Leaflet) for both 2D and 3D outputs.
• Cluster management and setup.
• Mission Planner
• API
• Documentation
• Unit Testing

Terminology

• Project: A collection of tasks (successfully processed, failed, waiting to be executed, etc.)
• Task: A collection of input aerial images and an optional set of output results derived from the images, including an orthophoto, a georeferenced model and a textured model. A Task's output is processed by OpenDroneMap.
• ProcessingNode: An instance usually running on a separate VM, or on a separate machine which accepts aerial images, runs OpenDroneMap and returns the processed results (orthophoto, georeferenced model, etc.). Each node communicates with WebODM via a lightweight API such as node-OpenDroneMap. WebODM manages the distribution of Task to different ProcessingNode instances.
• ImageUpload: aerial images.
• Mission: A flight path and other information (overlap %, angle, ...) associated with a particular Task.

Work in progress

We will add more information to this document soon.