TCAS Training — Course 02 · Geospatial
Photogrammetric Point Cloud Production
Turn the same acquisition into a dense DJI Terra point cloud you can actually deliver and explain.
Included in the Professional 2D Mapping System — $499 ($744 individually), and in the Complete Mastery System ($799 introductory).
Prelaunch: online checkout is not open yet. The complete 15-course Rev. 3 curriculum is written and finalized — join the launch list and we will email enrollment details, pricing confirmation, and availability the moment it opens.
What You Will Produce
A DJI Terra photogrammetric point cloud delivered as LAS 1.4 (dense.las), plus the PNTS package/tileset where applicable, with documented extent and coordinate reference.
Who This Is For
- Operators already producing orthomosaics who want a second deliverable from the same flight
- Pilots supporting design, planning, or documentation teams
Prerequisites & Required Equipment
- Course 01 or equivalent mapping experience
- DJI Terra with point cloud output enabled
- Workstation with sufficient RAM for dense reconstruction
What You Will Learn
- Where the point cloud comes from inside the same Terra reconstruction
- How density settings change processing time, file size, and usability
- Coordinate reference systems and why the wrong one ruins the delivery
- Locating and preserving the dense.las output and the PNTS tileset
- What LAS 1.4 means to the client's software
- Transferring large clouds without corrupting them
Hands-On Assignment
Produce a correctly referenced point cloud from your own acquisition, preserve the Terra outputs, and confirm the LAS opens in a third-party viewer.
Required Final Deliverable / Success Criteria
- LAS 1.4 dense.las export that opens cleanly in a third-party viewer
- PNTS package/tileset preserved where produced
- Documented CRS, point count, and extent
Planned Course Materials
The complete 15-course Rev. 3 curriculum is written and finalized. Online delivery, downloads, and checkout are being set up now — course files are not downloadable today. Join the launch list and we will email you when enrollment opens.
- Structured workflow training manual (Rev. 3 curriculum — written and finalized, delivered at launch)
- Exact verified reference settings, clearly separated from job-dependent decisions
- Printable field or processing checklist (delivered at launch)
- Project-folder template with the TCAS naming convention (delivered at launch)
- QA pass/fail release criteria for the final deliverable
- Troubleshooting notes from real failures on completed TCAS workflows
- Planned at launch: practice dataset where licensing allows
- Point cloud QA checklist
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Paid courses can include a TCAS Certificate of Completion. It is a course-completion credential documenting the workflow you finished and the deliverable you produced — it is not an FAA certificate, surveying license, engineering credential, or any regulatory or professional certification.
An RTK FIX status alone is not proof of validated absolute accuracy. Projects that require survey-grade or control-based accuracy need appropriate ground control, independent validation, and licensed professionals where legally required. Students are taught to distinguish visualization and photogrammetry products from products that require validated survey control or licensed professional sign-off.
TCAS training is independent professional-development training and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA, DJI, QGIS, Blender, Cesium, Apple, or other manufacturers, software providers, or professional licensing boards unless expressly stated. Completion does not grant an FAA certificate, surveying license, engineering credential, or other professional license.