# Mapping Thermal Images using Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual

**URL:** <https://community.pix4d.com/t/mapping-thermal-images-using-mavic-2-enterprise-dual/8666>\
**Category:** PIX4Dmapper Questions/Troubleshooting\
**Tags:** thermal\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/mapping-thermal-images-using-mavic-2-enterprise-dual/8666 "2019-07-10T15:29:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Travis\_Rokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@Travis\_Rokey](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Travis_Rokey)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/mapping-thermal-images-using-mavic-2-enterprise-dual/8666/1 "2019-07-10T15:29:49Z")

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Even if the camera is too small for mapping using the Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual, can I still take thermal images and process them within Pix4D Mapper? I don’t need high quality thermal images. Will the images still process by using the Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual if the quality is too low? Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![Kapil\_Khanal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/kapil_khanal/32/304_2.png) [@Kapil\_Khanal](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Kapil_Khanal)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/mapping-thermal-images-using-mavic-2-enterprise-dual/8666/2 "2019-07-10T22:22:04Z")

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Hi Travis,&nbsp;

To have enough visual content in the images for Pix4Dmapper to reconstruct the scene, we recommend:

- A minimum sensor resolution of 640x480. Smaller sensors are not supported and typically do not calibrate.&nbsp;
- Using a lens with a smaller focal length (9mm) increases the image’s footprint, though it is possible to use longer lens focal lengths.
- The image format should be either .tiff, .jpg or .rjpg.&nbsp;

If you meet the above requirement, you should be able to process the data using the Pix4Dmapper software. Just for the suggestion, make sure you have 85-90% front and side overlap during the image acquisition with the thermal camera.

For more information, I would recommend you to go through our support article [Processing thermal images](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000173463-Processing-thermal-images?source=search).