Matrice 4 Enterprise REVIEW | Mapping a Major Airport Terminal

The Matrice 4E wide-angle camera supports rapid 0.5-second interval shooting in both orthophoto and oblique photography modes, enabling high-speed aerial surveying from multiple angles. Additionally, the mapping flight speed can reach up to 21 meters per second, [8] significantly enhancing work efficiency.

Matrice 4E supports 3-directional ortho capture, enabling lateral capturing while performing ortho collection tasks, which reduces lateral overlap. A single flight can complete mapping operations for an area of 2.8 square kilometers. [11] No additional elevation optimization flight route is required to achieve better elevation accuracy. Combined with new DJI Terra capabilities, it further enhances reconstruction efficiency while ensuring quality.

DJI Matrice 4E supports Smart 3D Capture, which allows you to capture and create a rough model on the remote controller. Based on the rough model, it can quickly generate precise mapping routes close to a structures surface, completing detailed measurements and modeling of irregular buildings. It also supports displaying virtual space routes and waypoint photos for smart 3D capture, making it convenient to assess specific routes' flight safety and coverage area.

The series includes Matrice 4T and Matrice 4E, each equipped with advanced features such as smart detection and measurement with laser range finder. Flight operations are now safer and more reliable with significantly enhanced sensing capabilities. The accessories for the Matrice 4 series have also been significantly upgraded. The Matrice 4T is suitable for a wide range of industries, including electricity, emergency response, public safety, and forestry conservation. The Matrice 4E is designed for geospatial applications such as surveying and mapping, construction, and mining. A new era in intelligent aerial operations begins now.

The built-in model can detect vehicles, vessels, and subjects during search and rescue operations or routine flights. It also supports switching to other models, enabling the expansion of application scenarios. Additionally, it supports high-res grid photos and features powerful tracking capabilities.

DJI Pilot 2 can highlight the center position of the camera frame and ground area observed. It can display the surveyed area on the map, making it especially useful for patrols, and rescue operations in mountainous terrain without clear landmarks.

[VirtualImaging]

Thank you for this real world case study! Can't get enough info for the new Matrice 4E.

[jamiesonallen]

Just got mine yesterday. Great drone and great video.

[williamoconnor]

Thank you for this! Was keen to see how this one would perform. Worried for geotechnical work it could hit some issues

[Garylhairston]

Thanks. Can you create an video on the controller. This is all new to me. Will taking your course.

[gregsproul]

That’s amazing. Must have taken a lot of coordination with the FAA!

[PictureUK]

Excellent video as always! I'm thinking about buying the M4E mainly for large roof inspections, do you have a video yet that shows the image quality when zooming in to the final mosaic to inspect certain areas of a roof etc?

[Knightflights]

Does it seamlessly resume the flights when the battery is swapped out and the flight is continued.

[toscarsson]

Very informative thank you for sharing. I am starting to use an M3M for a few mapping applications but was told I need to purchase 2 Emlid devices to get the centimeter level accuracy, is that your experience too? If that is the case, would a D-RTK 3 work as a second device? Thank you Thomas

[Slickqq]

Hey Dave, using a DJI Matrice 4E for a mapping job, and got a few questions I could use some help with. When a client specifically asks for a flight at 80m (262 feet), 75%/75% overlap and 75 camera angle so I´d have to choose oblique mode, but the client wants a point cloud + orthomosaic from this. It wont be optimal for an orthomosaic. Do I just shoot the same site twice with one as orthomosaic 90 camera angle and second as 75 camera angle oblique mode? And also, Matrice 4E 3-directional capture in this case and or overall, does for example Pix4dmatic recognize the nadir images from this?

GSD for this would be 2.6 cm / px, which is well in their plans of under 5cm / px, but I feel like the orthomosaicwon't be anywhere near good enough.

Two different requirements for a point cloud and an orthomosaic... Or is there just something I´m not understanding yet in this?

[bluelid]

great video! what did you use for mission planning. you showed the plan already loaded. just curious what mission planning you like best

[josemariaca]

did u know how can i change the camera mode ... i see your video and your camera show "wide", and mine shows "grand angular" did u know how can i change it ?

[nicolascetta]

Hi mate, Im doing almost the same job here in Argentina, how much can you charge for this kind of job?

[pooanddoo]

Is that a special tripod that holds the survey pole in the middle? What is it called? I'd like to get one.

[treythorsen]

Great video. Im just getting into drones and Im taking my Part 107 course. What USS/LAANC app do you recommend?

[Rusty_shackleford]

Obviously you use DJI Terra, but what mapping software do you recommend, besides Terra.
My Matrice 4E will be here Thursday and I'm just curious.
Thanks for your information

[ChristianThroop-sw]

Hello David & SCD crew, , Can the Matrice 4T be used in survey grade accuracy? I'm thinking, , probably no, , , I think the 4T has a fixed aperture, ., ., .

[XYZ-RC]

Is an RTK tripod needed, given that the M4E has an RTK module on it? Is it enough to insert a SIM card and use the built-in RTK module? Thanks..

[FightforEverServer]

Do I get it right, that I can use the Matrice 4E with the D-RTK 2? And it works perfectly for the RTK part?

[Rusty_shackleford]

Question for you, I just got my Matrice 4E and the night mode is extremely blurry and choppy when I move the drone, even some lag when flying in night mode.
As long as I'm still and looking directly at something it works, but even to gimbal up, it's very blurry and laggy.
Is this just how the night function is? Or do I have another defective matrice 4E?
Thanks much

[MiguelAlvarado-yf]

In my workplace, we are looking to survey forest structure which would include understories and canopies, would this be an ideal drone and camera to obtain accurate forest structure in your opinion? Especially if we are looking down the route of floristic data?