How to plan the drone mission?

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Once you've downloaded the kml file containing the field boundaries, you can start planning the actual drone mission.

The drone mission should be planned in such a way that:

  • the flight path is aligned to fly along the longest axis of the field
  • 2 additional flight lines are being acquired outside the boundary area, to ensure enough sideward overlap within the ROI
  • all flight lines are being extended beyond the boundary area with 2 additional image acquisition points to ensure enough forward overlap within the ROI
  • there is an 80/80% front/side overlap

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Flight lines - aligned along longest axis of the field

 

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Flight line margins            OK                                                                         NOK

 

Specific information related to selecting and configuring the drone equipment can be found here:

https://support.mapeo.be/hc/en-us/sections/4416359512850-Selecting-the-equipment

https://support.mapeo.be/hc/en-us/sections/4980372883228-Configuring-the-equipment