Additional Licensing Requirements for Licensing LP360 Drone+Desktop Photo with Agisoft

The orthomosaic can be generated and the image positions and orientations refined using Agisoft Ortho Mapping . This requires an addon license to LP360, called "Photogrammetry with Agisoft" or a legacy “Full Photo” (fka “Fast Photo” license), plus a separately activated Agisoft Metashape Professional license, which could be one of three types:

• Agisoft Ortho Mapping Console License (formerly MfE): This is a rehostable node-locked license, meaning it can be activated on one machine at a time but can be transferred to another computer if needed. This license is required in addition to the legacy Full Photo (formerly Fast Photo) license or the Photogrammetry with Agisoft addon license to execute the fully integrated Python (non-GUI) version of Metashape used by the Agisoft Ortho Mapping tool.
• Node-Locked Metashape GUI License: Previously called Stand-Alone license, this is also a rehostable node-locked license. It allows the use of Metashape software in all kinds of paid and unpaid projects. Activate a Metashape node-locked license
• Floating Metashape GUI License: This license allows the installation of the program on multiple computers and running it on as many systems as the number of licenses purchased. One machine acts as the "license server" to manage license distribution across the network. Activate a Metashape Floating License

The orthomosaic can also be generated and the image positions and orientations may also be processed in the Cloud location for Agisoft Ortho Mapping using LP360 Points purchased in the LP360 Portal and requires no separate Agisoft Ortho Mapping license activation.

True Pose® images may also be processed in other photogrammetric packages, such as PIX4D and Bentley’s ContextCapture, using the Export Photo Package tool, but is not tightly integrated like Agisoft Ortho Mapping or Ortho Mapping .

How to Activate Agisoft Ortho Mapping License

To configure your Agisoft Ortho Mapping license:

1. Using Agisoft Ortho Mapping requires no separate installation of Metashape. However, if you are using a GUI version Metashape Pro license, then you will need to separately install Metashape Pro v2.0.x or later and follow the installation and licensing instructions provided by Agisoft with your license delivery and not the following instructions. 
2. Open LP360 and close the Startup dialog.
3. Open the Project Settings dialog (File -> Project Settings).
4. On the EXP tab, in the Agisoft Ortho Mapping section, select Check Activation Status.
5. You should see an Activation Status message indicating, “Metashape is NOT Active”. Select OK.
6. Copy/paste your Agisoft Ortho Mapping Metashape Console License Key from the Admin -> Organization section of LP360 Portal, into the Activation Key field.
7. Select Activate to activate the Agisoft Ortho Mapping license on this machine.
8. You should see an Activation Success message indicating, “Metashape successfully activated”. Select OK.
9. Select OK or Apply to close the Project Settings dialog.
10. Check out a “Full Photo” or “Photo with Agisoft” addon license.
11. Execute the Agisoft Ortho Mapping tool to generate an orthomosaic and refine the True Pose® Photos positions and orientations to improve the Image Explorer .

Note: It is necessary to deactivate the Agisoft Ortho Mapping license before re-installing/installing a new OS or changing hardware components. In addition, the license should be deactivated to be transferred to another computer.

How to Deactivate Agisoft Ortho Mapping License

To deactivate an Agisoft Ortho Mapping license:

1. Open LP360 and close the Startup dialog.
2. Open the Project Settings dialog (File - Project Settings).
3. On the EXP tab, in the Agisoft Ortho Mapping section, select Check Activation Status.
4. You should see an Activation Status message indicating, “Metashape is activated”. Select OK.
5. Select Deactivate to deactivate this Agisoft Ortho Mapping license from this machine.
6. You should see a Deactivation Success message indicating, “Metashape successfully deactivated”. Select OK.
7. Select OK or Apply to close the Project Settings dialog.

Note: LP360 will remember your encrypted Agisoft Ortho Mapping license key to make it easier to Activate the license again on the same machine provided it is not activated elsewhere.

How to Offline Activate Agisoft Ortho Mapping License

In some circumstances, you may not be able to reach the Agisoft license activation servers to activate/deactivate your license, so you may then need to take the longer route of an offline activation/deactivation of your Agisoft Ortho Mapping license.

To configure your Agisoft Ortho Mapping license using the offline activation process, not recommended, but required if the machine cannot connect to the Agisoft license servers:

1. Using Agisoft Ortho Mapping requires no separate installation of Metashape. However, if you are using a GUI version Metashape Pro license, then you will need to separately install Metashape Pro v2.0.x or later and follow the installation and licensing instructions provided by Agisoft with your license delivery and not the following instructions. 
2. Open https://activate.agisoft.com/activate-offline page from a computer with Internet access, copy/paste the Agisoft Ortho Mapping Metashape Console License Key from the Admin -> Organization section of LP360 Portal, and press Save Activation Parameters button to save the activation parameters file, “metashape-pro.actparam”.
3. Transfer the generated activation parameters file to the computer with LP360 Drone where the Agisoft Ortho Mapping license should be activated and proceed to next step.
4. Open LP360 and close the Startup dialog.
5. Open the Project Settings dialog (File - Project Settings).
6. On the EXP tab, in the Agisoft Ortho Mapping section, select Check Activation Status.
7. You should see an Activation Status message indicating, “Metashape is NOT Activated”. Select OK.
8. This will activate the Generate Activate Request File option. Selecting this option will allow you to create an offline activation request file by browsing for the activation parameter file, “metashape-pro.actparam”, obtained from the Agisoft offline activation website and save the activation request file, “metashape-pro.actreq”. You will see the License Request Generated confirmation dialog.
9. Transfer the generated activation request file, “metashape-pro.actreq”, (created in the previous step) to the computer with Internet access, open https://activate.agisoft.com/activate-offline, beside Activation request in section 2, select the request file, “metashape-pro.actreq”, and select Save Activation Response button to save the response file, “metashape-pro.actresp”.
10. Transfer the activation response file, “metashape-pro.actresp”, to the computer with LP360 Drone where the Agisoft Ortho Mapping license should be activated.
11. Open LP360 and close the Startup dialog.
12. Open the Project Settings dialog (File - Project Settings).
13. On the EXP tab, in the Agisoft Ortho Mapping section, select Check Activation Status.
14. You should see an Activation Status message indicating, “Metashape is NOT Activated”. Select OK.
15. Select Activate from Response File and browse for the activation response file, “metashape-pro.actresp” to activate this Agisoft Ortho Mapping license on this machine.
16. You should see the Metashape Offline Activation message indicating, “Metashape should now be activated”. Select OK.
17. Select OK or Apply to close the Project Settings dialog.
18. Check out a “Full Photo” or “Photo with Agisoft” addon license.
19. Execute the Agisoft Ortho Mapping tool to generate an orthomosaic and refine the True Pose® Photos positions and orientations to improve the Image Explorer .

Note: It is necessary to deactivate the Agisoft Ortho Mapping license before re-installing/installing a new OS or changing hardware components. In addition, the license should be deactivated to be transferred to another computer.

How to Offline Deactivate Agisoft Ortho Mapping License

To deactivate your Agisoft Ortho Mapping license using the offline activation process, not recommended, but required if the machine cannot connect to the Agisoft license servers:

1. Open LP360 and close the Startup dialog.
2. Open the Project Settings dialog (File - Project Settings).
3. On the EXP tab, in the Agisoft Ortho Mapping section, select Check Activation Status.
4. You should see an Activation Status message indicating, “Metashape is activated”. Select OK.
5. This will activate the Generate Deactivate Request File option. Selecting this option will allow you to select a folder in which to create the offline deactivate license request file(s), “deactivate*.actreq”. You will get a confirmation dialog with the number of licenses that have been deactivated and the location where to find the deactivation request file(s).
6. Important! Once you have generated a deactivate license request file you must complete the deactivate step on the website to be able to activate your license key on a new machine.
7. Transfer the generated deactivation request file(s), “deactivate*.actreq”, from the previous step to the computer with Internet access, open https://activate.agisoft.com/activate-offline, select this request file in the corresponding “Deactivate license on computer with no Internet access” section and select the Deactivate button to complete the license deactivation process. You will see an offline license deactivation confirmation page.
8. Close LP360.

Metashape License File Location

If a machine has ever been licensed for Agisoft Ortho Mapping, the metashape.lic file may be found in “%ProgramData%\LP360\MSPyOrtho” or “%CommonProgramFiles%\LP360\MSPy38” and should never be deleted. The licenses are now stored in “%ProgramData%\Agisoft\Licensing\licenses”.