Aerial image processing · decentralized compute
Photogrammetry & drone mapping without expensive cloud VMs
HiveCloud is your control plane for aerial image processing: upload drone imagery, we distribute photogrammetry jobs across a global decentralized compute network, and deliver orthophotos, point clouds, and meshes — at a fraction of traditional cloud prices.
- Pay for actual compute used, not idle server hours
- OpenDroneMap photogrammetry today — COLMAP structure-from-motion on the roadmap
- One upload, one dashboard, many providers bidding for your job
How your photogrammetry job travels through the hive
A gamified view of what happens after you hit upload — no single datacenter owns the whole pipeline.
You upload
Aerial photos, scans, or archives go straight to secure EU storage from your browser.
Orchestrate
We package your project, match hardware requirements, and publish work to the open compute market.
Network runs it
Independent nodes compete for your job — OpenDroneMap photogrammetry runs today; COLMAP and more pipelines are next.
You collect loot
Orthophotos, point clouds, meshes, logs — delivered as archives ready to download.
Fraction of the cost
Traditional clouds charge for 24/7 VMs you barely use. HiveCloud taps spare capacity on the network — often an order of magnitude cheaper for bursty photogrammetry jobs.
Decentralized compute
No single vendor runs your workload. Aerial image processing fans out to geographically diverse nodes with transparent pricing and automatic failover.
Built for photogrammetry
OpenDroneMap is available in Beta for orthophotos, point clouds, and meshes. COLMAP structure-from-motion is coming soon.
Aerial image processing pipelines
OpenDroneMap (ODM)
Process drone and aerial imagery into survey-grade deliverables: orthophotos, digital surface models, dense point clouds, and textured meshes. HiveCloud runs the open-source ODM toolkit on decentralized compute so you skip provisioning and babysitting GPU instances.
COLMAP
Structure-from-motion and multi-view stereo for researchers and power users who need fine-grained control over reconstruction. COLMAP support is on the roadmap — same upload-and-go workflow, same decentralized compute marketplace.
Traditional cloud vs HiveCloud
Legacy cloud
Reserve a large VM → pay hourly → manage scaling → hope the region has capacity
HiveCloud
Upload once → market finds compute → pay per job → download results
OpenDroneMap processing on HiveCloud uses the open-source ODM toolkit, licensed under the GNU AGPLv3. HiveCloud is not officially associated with or endorsed by OpenDroneMap.