Global Mapper moves drone photogrammetry into a unified subscription workflow
Blue Marble Geographics launched a three-tier Global Mapper subscription on 28 September. The Professional tier includes lidar and point-cloud processing, Pixels to Points drone photogrammetry, multispectral support and AI/ML image classification, while the Blue Marble Hub centralizes licensing, offline tokens, support and training. The move follows Blue Marble's April combination with Avenza Systems.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026
For drone survey teams, the change is less about a new photogrammetry algorithm than about consolidating processing, geodetic work, scripting and field handoff under one commercial and administrative model.
Existing Global Mapper users should compare the Professional subscription against current perpetual-license plus Pro workflows, especially where teams need offline field access, shared seat administration or multispectral processing.