Overview
AI Annotations uses proprietary machine learning models to automatically detect, outline, and measure common site assets within your 2D maps. This feature eliminates the need for manual tracing, saving time and increasing consistency across your projects.
Availability
AI Annotations is available for Advanced, Teams, and Enterprise
This feature is currently in Open Beta.
Functionality is supported on the DroneDeploy Web App.
How to:
1. Select the Magic Annotations tool on the right-side toolbar on your map:
2. Once selected you will be asked to click the area of interest on the map:
3. The area will then be highlighted and you will have the option to create an Area annotation or a Volume annotation
4. Step back and watch the AI magic happen! The Area or Volume annotation will then populate from your selection.
Area Refinement:
Area refinement hotkeys allow you to add or remove the AI area mask by including or excluding additional points of interest
- We have improved our AI annotations by adding the capability to refine the AI annotation selection.
- Additionally, we have included the ability to modify the outer buffer and adjust the position of an area in 3D.
SHIFT key
Allows adding additional area to the currently active annotation. This function can be used when you want to include additional elements to your area selection:
ALT (OPT for Mac) key
Allows you to remove additional selections from the area. It can be used, for example, to remove the shadows of the stockpiles:
DELETE (BACKSPACE) key
Delete the current selected shape:
Area Buffer
Widens the selection of the area to ensure that the polygon fully covers the area of interest. Use the min-max slider to adjust additional buffer space adjacent to the original area selection.
Key Features
Automatic Counting: Instantly count high-volume assets like cars, solar panels or trees.
Area & Volume Estimation: The AI automatically calculates the area for detected polygons.
Instant Visualization: View color-coded detections directly on your high-resolution orthomosaic.
Manual Refinement: You can adjust, delete or rename any AI-generated annotation to ensure 100% accuracy.
Limitations
AI Annotations is not yet available for Interior models or 360 Walkthroughs.
Detection accuracy depends on the Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) and lighting conditions of the original flight.
Processing time varies based on the size of the map and the number of categories selected.
FAQs
Q: Does AI Annotations work on thermal maps? A: No. AI Annotations currently supports standard RGB orthomosaics only.
Q: Can I export these annotations to CAD? A: Yes. Once the AI generates the annotations, you can export them as SHP, DXF or CSV files.
Q: Is there a limit to how many objects the AI can find? A: There is no hard limit, but very large maps with thousands of detections may take longer to load in the browser.