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OpenDroneMap/WebODM
Software Tool Tier A mapping_and_survey AGPL-3.0
WebODM is the web interface for OpenDroneMap, letting drone teams run photogrammetry tasks through a browser instead of the command line.
Engineering Snapshot
Use cases & tasks 7
- Best suited for
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- Drone survey teams
- Mapping professionals
- Organizations requiring collaborative photogrammetry workflows
- Primary tasks
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- Orthomosaic generation from drone imagery
- 3D model and point cloud creation
- Volume and area measurements
- Multi-user project management
Stack & ecosystem
- Resource type
- Software Tool
- Ecosystem
- drone · maps · photogrammetry · point-cloud · uav
License & compliance
- License
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AGPL-3.0(Inferred)
Lifecycle & freshness Show
- Maintenance
- Active
- Latest version
- Not recorded
- Last activity
- 2026-08-13
- Last checked
- 2026-08-13
- Verification
- Official confirmed
What It Solves
Drone operators need accessible, web-based photogrammetry processing without command-line expertise or complex local setup.
Primary use cases
- Orthomosaic generation from drone imagery
- 3D model and point cloud creation
- Volume and area measurements
- Multi-user project management
Secondary use cases
- GIS data export
- Educational photogrammetry training
- Integration with existing GIS pipelines
When to Use
Consider when
- AGPL-3.0 license compliance for commercial deployment
- Adequate compute resources for photogrammetry processing
- Docker-based deployment infrastructure
- Need for REST API automation
Verify before adopting
- AGPL-3.0 source disclosure requirements
- Hardware specs for target dataset sizes
- Node-ODM scaling limits for distributed processing
- Supported camera/exif metadata formats
Start Here
Adoption Checklist
- Needs verification AGPL-3.0 source disclosure requirements
- Needs verification Hardware specs for target dataset sizes
- Needs verification Node-ODM scaling limits for distributed processing
- Needs verification Supported camera/exif metadata formats
Each check stays "needs verification" until an official source confirms it; unconfirmed items are never marked verified.
Known Limitations & Unknowns
Known limitations
- AGPL-3.0 may require source sharing for network deployments
- Requires significant CPU/RAM for large datasets
- Docker-only deployment model
- Limited to OpenDroneMap photogrammetry pipeline
Not publicly verified
- Maximum practical image count per project
- GPU acceleration support status
- Real-time processing latency benchmarks
- Multi-tenancy isolation guarantees
Alternatives & Related Tools
Alternatives
- colmap — Alternative to
Related tools
- cloudcompare — compatible with
How is it used?
Start from the recorded entry points below, then validate against the technical checklist.
- Official site https://webodm.org/download
- Repository https://github.com/OpenDroneMap/WebODM
- Documentation https://webodm.org/download
Technical checklist
- OK License identified Recorded: AGPL-3.0
- OK Maintenance signal Active
- OK Verification status Official confirmed
- OK Source evidence attached 1 source record(s)
- NEEDS REVIEW Latest version recorded Not recorded
Official Links
Metadata & Governance
| License | AGPL-3.0 — Inferred |
|---|---|
| Commercial model | Unknown |
| Maintenance status | Active |
| Verification status | Official confirmed — Confirmed via the official repository API responses in SourceRefs below. |
| Latest version | Not recorded |
| Latest release | Not recorded |
| Last activity | 2026-08-13 |
| Last checked | 2026-08-13 |
| First seen | Not recorded |
Dataset facts
Facts above come from the official dataset card only; unconfirmed fields stay unknown.
Related Resources & Dependencies
- cloudcompare — compatible with (verified)
- colmap — alternative to (verified)
Recent Activity
New resource: OpenDroneMap/WebODM
New repository resource added by the sprint promote pipeline.
Related Knowledge
Collections
- Aerial Mapping and Survey Stack — An open-source stack for aerial mapping work from imagery and datasets through photogrammetry processing.
- Simulation and Mapping Toolchains — Open-source simulation and mapping repositories used for development, testing and survey workflows.