Odm: Georeferencing failing even with geotagged photos

Hey @thsant , thanks for reporting the problem.

Could you upload a few of the images for us to take a look at?

Thanks, @pierotofy. At Dropbox you will a few images plus some files I guess could help :

img_list.txt
odm_25dmesh.ply
odm_mesh.ply
reconstruction.json

Such files show that structure from motion, multiple view stereo and meshing steps look fine.

The command employed:

docker run -ti --rm -v /home/odm/tutorial:/datasets/code opendronemap/opendronemap --project-path /datasets --start-with odm_orthophoto --dsm --dtm --orthophoto-resolution 2.0 --build-overviews --proj '+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84'

The output (last lines):

[DEBUG]   running PYTHONPATH=/code/SuperBuild/install/lib/python2.7/dist-packages /code/SuperBuild/src/opensfm/bin/opensfm export_geocoords /datasets/code/opensfm --transformation --proj '+units=m +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84'
[INFO]    Running ODM OpenSfM Cell - Finished
[INFO]    Running SMVS Cell
[WARNING] Found a valid SMVS reconstruction file in: /datasets/code/smvs/smvs_dense_point_cloud.ply
[INFO]    Running ODM SMVS Cell - Finished
[INFO]    Running ODM Meshing Cell
[WARNING] Found a valid ODM Mesh file in: /datasets/code/odm_meshing/odm_mesh.ply
[WARNING] Found a valid ODM 2.5D Mesh file in: /datasets/code/odm_meshing/odm_25dmesh.ply
[INFO]    Running ODM Meshing Cell - Finished
[INFO]    Running MVS Texturing Cell
[WARNING] Found a valid ODM Texture file in: /datasets/code/odm_texturing/odm_textured_model.obj
[WARNING] Found a valid ODM Texture file in: /datasets/code/odm_texturing_25d/odm_textured_model.obj
[INFO]    Running ODM Texturing Cell - Finished
[INFO]    Running ODM Georeferencing Cell
[WARNING] Georeferencing failed. Make sure your photos have geotags in the EXIF or you have provided a GCP file. 
[WARNING] Georeferencing failed. Make sure your photos have geotags in the EXIF or you have provided a GCP file. 
[INFO]    Running ODM Georeferencing Cell - Finished
[INFO]    Running ODM DEM Cell
[INFO]    Classify: True
[INFO]    Create DSM: True
[INFO]    Create DTM: True
[INFO]    DEM input file /datasets/code/odm_georeferencing/odm_georeferenced_model.laz found: False
[WARNING] DEM will not be generated
[INFO]    Running ODM DEM Cell - Finished
[INFO]    Running ODM Orthophoto Cell
[WARNING] Found a valid orthophoto in: /datasets/code/odm_orthophoto/odm_orthophoto.png
[INFO]    Running ODM OrthoPhoto Cell - Finished
[INFO]    OpenDroneMap app finished - Mon Nov 05 16:16:15  2018

Ah, I think the problem is the --proj param. You typically don't want to pass that parameter if you want to use the EXIF coordinates. Could you try to reprocess without it?

Thanks, @pierotofy, it's working now (removing the --proj option).

I (wrongly) assumed --proj could be employed to transform data between spatial reference systems.

Excellent!