Sky Mapping Journal

Building a Seamless Orthomosaic from Raw Drone Imagery

Drone photography has changed how we see the world from above, but a single aerial image only shows a narrow slice of the ground. To get the full picture you need an orthomosaic: a stitched, geometrically corrected composite that behaves like a map. Getting from raw shots to a usable orthomosaic takes more than just dropping photos into a stitching app. The quality of the final product depends on how you plan the flight, process the images, and check the output for errors. H