How to execute a drone survey?
Learn how exactly to conduct a drone survey with WingtraOne in this video. You will notice how exactly to plan a flight, how to collect aerial images and how to safely connect to the drone at any time. Watch how orthomosaic maps, point clouds and digital elevation models are created from the collected images.
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1. Check before you leave any office
Make your survey project a success with our expert tips. First, check the local regulations and make certain that you are allowed to fly your drone at the planned location. Also, be certain that the weather is suitable, meaning no rain, fog, snowfall or strong winds. Be sure the battery of your drone and connected devices such as tablets are fully charged and that the memory card of your drone camera has sufficient empty space to capture the entire project.
2. Plan your flight
It is simple to create your survey flight plan with the WingtraPilot smart drone flight planning app on the tablet. For this, just tap and drag the points around the area you need to survey, or import a KML file. Be sure to take into account tall objects within the flight plan, in addition to altitude differences. If needed, Visit website can adjust flight settings such as altitude, ground sampling distance (GSD), flight direction and images overlap.
3. Set up your flight in the field
Unpack and assemble the drone in a few simple steps and ensure that it is ready to take-off in safe conditions. Following the interactive check-list, you will one-by-one check every parameter, like cleaning the length sensor and making sure the camera lid is removed.
4. Fly and collect images
After pushing the take-off button, the drone autonomously will take off, captures images and lands back where it started. In this step, the operator essentially makes certain that nobody approaches the drone during take-off or landing and that the weather conditions stay optimal for the survey mission.
5. Geotag your images
After one or several flights, import the images into WingtraHub software to geotag them s. Geo-tagging assigns geographical position (X, Y, Z) information to the images either in another CSV file or in the images? meta-data.