# point cloud elevation differ every time I fly my DJI Mavic 3E

**URL:** <https://community.pix4d.com/t/point-cloud-elevation-differ-every-time-i-fly-my-dji-mavic-3e/34614>\
**Category:** PIX4D International\
**Created:** [July 13, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/point-cloud-elevation-differ-every-time-i-fly-my-dji-mavic-3e/34614 "2026-07-13T06:18:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![harisubagy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harisubagy](https://community.pix4d.com/u/harisubagy)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/point-cloud-elevation-differ-every-time-i-fly-my-dji-mavic-3e/34614/1 "2026-07-13T06:18:10Z")

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Why does the point cloud elevation differ every time I fly my DJI Mavic 3E over the same area, even when using RTK?The mapping area is 50 × 100 m, with an elevation difference of 75 m between the highest and lowest points.

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**Author:** ![Daniele\_Lecci](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/daniele_lecci/32/9493_2.png) [@Daniele\_Lecci](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Daniele_Lecci)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/point-cloud-elevation-differ-every-time-i-fly-my-dji-mavic-3e/34614/2 "2026-07-13T06:42:16Z")

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Hi @harisubagy,

Welcome to the PIX4D Community 🤝 .

Thank you for sharing your question. It seems the problem is caused by the consideration (or non-consideration) of a **geoid model** in your vertical height.

Which PIX4D product are you using? Please ensure that the vertical Coordinate Reference System matches the one used by your drone or RTK antenna when writing the images’ metadata.

Kind regards,  
Daniele

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**Author:** ![harisubagy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harisubagy](https://community.pix4d.com/u/harisubagy)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/point-cloud-elevation-differ-every-time-i-fly-my-dji-mavic-3e/34614/3 "2026-07-17T07:05:27Z")

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Hi Daniele,

The problem was resolved after enabling Elevation Optimization and Follow Terrain Flight in DJI Drone. We processed the data using Pix4Dmapper.