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USER MANUAL
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TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO USER MANUAL

GNSS DATA POST PROCESSING AND IMAGES GEOTAGGING

№ Description P.
1 Preparing the source data 2
1.1 Preparing the materials and data structure 2
2 GNSS data post processing and images geotagging 3
2.1 Loading source data to TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO App 3
2.2 Choosing the coordinate system 7
Obtaining the base station coordinates with PPP «Precise Point
2.3 9
Position»
2.4 Batch processing multiple aerial photography flights 10
The result data structure, GNSS postprocessing quality control,
2.5 11
base and rover signal quality control
3 Advanced settings 13
3.1 GNSS postprocessing advanced settings 13
Creating unique aerial photo names and writing precise
3.2 14
coordinates into the EXIF image tags
Configuring the projection parameters and uploading new
3.3 15
coordinate systems with PRJ
Choosing the coordinate text file format AGISOFT Metashape,
3.4 16
Pix4DMapper
3.5 Manual coordinate and photo matching 17
3.6 Calibrated focal length calculation 18

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1.PREPARING SOURCE DATA

1.1 Preparing the data

Remove the SD card with photos from your drone and copy the images to your PC.
Group the images into separate flights and put them into different folders.
For example, Flight 1, Flight 2, etc.
IMPORTANT!!!
Ensure that the photos are grouped exactly into separate flights. The photos taken with DJI drones are
named with a number between 1 and 999 (For example, DJI_0001.jpg and DJI_0999.jpg). If there are
more than 1000 photos in a single flight, the pictures will be saved into another folder, starting with the
name DJI_0001.jpg

Remove the SD card from the GNSS receiver on your drone and copy the files to your PC to some folder.
(for example, ROVER)
Download static GNSS data from a base station and convert it to Rinex format. Put the Rinex files into
some folder. (for example, BASE)
Get the ground control points (GCP) coordinates and the coordinates of the base station.

NOTE:
The base station coordinates shall be specified in the following format: latitude, longitude, WGS 84
ellipsoidal height and/or any other Cartesian coordinate system

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2. GNSS data post processing and images geotagging

2.1 Loading source data to TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO App

Run the TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO program.

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Select the folder with photos

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Select the UBX file from your drone

The process of UBX to OBS conversion will start automatically

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Select the Rinex (*O, RNX, OBS) or UBX file from your base station.
The process of conversion to OBS will start automatically for RNX and UBX files as well.

The program will automatically upload the base coordinates and the base antenna height from the RINEX
file (in case the height was set during the measurements) or input precise coordinates of the Base station.

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2.2 Choosing the coordinate system

Select the coordinate system from the drop-down list.

If the required coordinate system is not listed, you can add it by uploading a PRJ file (see “Adding a
coordinate system” sec.)

TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO will automatically transform the base coordinates from the RINEX file into the
configured coordinate system.

The software can handle three types of heights:

1. Ellipsoidal height WGS-84;
2. Meters above mean sea level (MAMSL), based on the EGM2008 matrix;
3. PRJ height – ellipsoidal height of a chosen projection.

The automatic transformation is initiated after changing the type of height as well

If you use the meters above mean sea level height (Baltic, Pacific etc.) select “Elevation (geoid
egm2008)”.

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Redefine the base coordinates, base antenna height and specify the antenna-to-camera offset if needed.

After the precise image center calculation TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO creates coordinate catalogues both in
WGS-84 Ellipsoidal height and in the height type of the selected coordinate system.

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2.3 Obtaining the base station coordinates with PPP «Precise Point Position»

This option allows to obtain the base coordinates in ITRF-2014 coordinate system and WGS-84 ellipsoidal
height per measurement epoch. The measurement duration shall be than more than 1 hour, but less than 2
hours. The measurement period – not less than 1 sec, but not more than 30 sec.

Press PPP ITRF button after uploading the static data from the base.
To enable this option you need to install the “PPP direct” client and register on the website.

Press “Start processing” button, select the Rinex file, and shortly after that the software will obtain the base
coordinates, calculated with the Precise Point Position technology.

NOTE:
Precise Point Position allows obtaining very precise coordinates in ITRF-2014 coordinate system,
however, these coordinates can be converted into the user coordinate system with the PRJ only if the key
has been calibrated in the ITRF CS. The calibration becomes obsolete over time because of the continental
motion. The continental motion in Russia is approximately 3 cm per year.

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2.4 Batch processing multiple aerial photography flights

The TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO software can process multiple flights that have been performed with the
same base.

Press the “Batch processing button”. An interactive menu, where you can select the data from multiple
flights, will appear.

Select the folder with images and set the path to your drone’s UBX file.

You can process any number of flights that have been made in the same base session

After you select all necessary data, press OK.

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2.5 The result data structure, GNSS postprocessing quality control, base and rover signal quality
control

After you complete all data processing steps, all results will pe placed in the output folder that you select.

CoordinatesWGS84.txt and CoordinaresGRID.txt will be placed in Pix4D and Metashape folders.

Photos with the updated EXIF tags will be placed in the UpdateTags folder.
Photos with .pos extension are the GNSS data postprocessing results.

You can view the quality of the GNSS data by pressing the following buttons.

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The map shows the results of the GNSS data postprocessing. Green points stand for the Fixed solution
type. Yellow – Float, Red – Single.

NOTE:
If there are only red points on the map, it means that the GNSS data from your drone and the base have
not been collected at the same time. If there are only yellow points (float solution), you should check the
coordinates of the base and the signal quality. For noisy GNSS signal removal, try to increase the
satellite mask angle or exclude GLONASS satellites in the Advanced settings menu.

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3 Advanced settings

The “Advanced settings” menu allows you to configure the measurement and output data settings more
precisely.

3.1 GNSS postprocessing advanced settings

You can add/remove the GNSS constellations (GPS is always enabled), change the satellite elevation mask
or select the GNSS frequencies in this menu.

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3.2. Creating unique aerial photo names and writing precise coordinates into the image tags

DJI drones name photos with numbers from 0 to 1000 during the survey. After reaching the number 1000,
the numeration restarts, resulting in different photos with the same name in the project. The TOPOSETTER
2.0 PRO software has an ability to cope with this problem by the “Rename photos” option. Once this option
is enabled, the photos get unique names.
If you need to write precise coordinates into the EXIF-tags of your photos, select the “Write EXIF” option.

NOTE:
You can only write coordinates in WGS84 CS into the EXIF tags

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3.3. Configuring the projection parameters and uploading new coordinate systems with PRJ

The TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO software already has some PRJ coordinate systems preinstalled. You can
view them either by clicking the drop-down list “Available PRJ” or from the main window, in a “Base
coordinates” drop-down list.

The user can download custom PRJ files by clicking “Add PRJ” button. It is necessary to restart the program
after uploading new PRJ file. Unwanted PRJ files can be removed by deleting them from the folder
c:\TOPOSETTER2.0\DATA\PRJ and restarting the program after that.

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3.4. Choosing the coordinate text file format AGISOFT Metashape, Pix4DMapper

The TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO can create text files with precise photo center coordinates for AGISOFT
Metashape and Pix4DMapper software. Select “File format” with respect to the software that you are going
to use for further processing. The ContextCapture software will handle any file format.

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3.5. Manual coordinate and photo matching

The TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO software automatically matches precise coordinate centers with photos after
calculating the coordinate centers. The matching is based on the last line in *events folder and the last photo
time. Sometimes the automatic matching gives wrong results (when the number of shots and the number of
time marks are different). If you need to match the photos and the coordinate centers manually, select
“Manual matching” option before processing.

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3.6 Focal length calculation

This option does not relate directly to GNSS data processing. It helps to specify the focal length for the
further use in aerial photo processing software.

After initial flight processing enter:

• Flight altitude in meters;
• Focal length in mm or pixels, that has been calculated with aerial photo processing software;
• Control point residuals in meters;
Click “Calculate” and the TOPOSETTER 2.0 PRO will calculate the precise focal length that shall be used
in the aerial photo processing software. Fix the focal length and start the aerial triangulation again. If the
control point residuals are still unsatisfying, restart the calculation procedure again with the new parameters.

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