Mapping software ArcGIS Reality

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Overview
ArcGIS Reality is a suite of photogrammetry software products that enable reality capture workflows for sites, cities, and countries. It creates foundational components for 3D digital twins by converting drone, aerial, and satellite imagery into accurate maps and 3D models, including Gaussian splats, and by combining imagery with geospatial data for contextualized visualizations.

Key capabilities

• Create foundational content: transform sensor data into orthomosaics, terrain and elevation models (DSM/DEM), point clouds, 3D meshes, and Gaussian splats for construction sites, urban areas, and regional mosaics.
• Process imagery at any scale: flexible deployments for field, desktop, and cloud to handle small drone projects or large city/country mosaics.
• Fully automated workflows: manage, process, share, and extract information from imagery within a single, repeatable system.
• Photorealistic 3D outputs: generate geometrically accurate textured 3D meshes, true orthophotos free of building lean and occlusions, and immersive Gaussian splat layers.
• GIS integration: combine 3D reality content with geospatial data to provide context for analysts, planners, and non‑specialists.

Deployment & workflows

• Field / offline: process and map newly collected drone imagery while offline in the field.
• Desktop: local processing options for single-site or rapid-turnaround projects.
• Cloud & enterprise scale: cloud processing for large volumes and city- or country-scale mosaics and models.

Outputs & product components

• ArcGIS Reality Studio: scalable, stand-alone application for citywide and countrywide reality mapping to create 3D digital twin components.
• ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro: extension to produce large-scale true DSMs, true orthos, DSM meshes, point clouds, and 3D meshes from satellite, aerial, and drone imagery.
• Site Scan for ArcGIS: cloud-based processing for large volumes of drone imagery to create 2D and 3D maps and models for rapid sharing across an organization.
• ArcGIS Drone2Map: desktop solution to process drone imagery offline or in the field to produce 2D and 3D results.

Use cases / examples

• City and campus photorealistic 3D reconstructions for urban planning and digital twin initiatives.
• Construction site mapping, progress monitoring, change detection, and building footprint extraction.
• Large-area aerial mapping with multicamera sensors for survey-grade true orthophotos, DSMs, and meshes.

Technical features / specifications

• Input sensors supported: drone (UAS), aerial (crewed aircraft), and satellite imagery.
• Primary outputs: orthomosaics, true orthophotos, DSM/DEM, point clouds, 3D meshes, Gaussian splats.
• Processing modes: offline field processing, desktop processing, and cloud-scale processing for city/country projects.
• Automation: support for automated, repeatable workflows and enterprise-scale production.
• Integration: designed to produce foundational content for 3D digital twins and integrate with the ArcGIS platform.
• Visualization: photorealistic textured meshes and immersive 3D layer types for realistic visualization.