Reconstructing a house in Blender from $500 DJI drone telemetry and free map data
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-08
The author details a full workflow for reconstructing a real house as a 3D scene from ordinary drone footage:
- Exploits the fact the drone was nearly static with only the gimbal sweeping 30 degrees, using computer vision registration to extract 3D structure from a $500 DJI Flip
- Telemetry runs at 25fps, matching every other frame of the 50fps video
- GPS data is used to pull free map, topographical, and property boundary data to enhance the reconstruction in Blender
- The house model and drone flight path are iteratively built out in Blender, then the animated path is compared frame-by-frame against the original footage
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