Hello and thank you for the add.
I joined because I saw some discussion on how various apps can pre-program flight paths (autopilot) for drones, and I wanted to ask for advice or recommendations for a project I want to do.
In a nutshell, I'd like a drone to cover an area - say 100m x 25m for argument's sake - and to scan that area back and forth taking high resolution photographs pointing directly down at the ground. Each photograph should be about 2.2m x 2.2m or so, and the subsequent photo should overlap the prior one - by that 20cm. In other words, I want it to take 2x2m photos of the entire area, and have a bit of a border around each photo.
My ideal is to, say, tap two points on a map - defining opposite corners of a rectangle - and the drone just goes and does its stuff. I imagine it doesn't have to fly high.
Regarding image quality -
If I take a photo of the ground using my phone, from, say, 1.7m off the ground, the resolution is ok to a degree, but I actually want it a bit better. If I take a photo of the ground using my phone from, say, 20cm, then the resolution is excellent for what I want to do, but of course the area covered is only about 30cm x 30cm. Ideally I want 2x2m images with enough resolution so that I can zoom in to a 30x30cm square and get as much resolution as I would have, if I had taken the photo using my phone from 20cm above the ground. Sorry if that sounds confusing!
I realise this forum is specifically for Phantoms, but as I am totally new to drones, if there is something you can recommend - even if it's something else - I'd be most appreciative.
Many thanks, and I look forward to learning about drone piloting here.
Chris.
I joined because I saw some discussion on how various apps can pre-program flight paths (autopilot) for drones, and I wanted to ask for advice or recommendations for a project I want to do.
In a nutshell, I'd like a drone to cover an area - say 100m x 25m for argument's sake - and to scan that area back and forth taking high resolution photographs pointing directly down at the ground. Each photograph should be about 2.2m x 2.2m or so, and the subsequent photo should overlap the prior one - by that 20cm. In other words, I want it to take 2x2m photos of the entire area, and have a bit of a border around each photo.
My ideal is to, say, tap two points on a map - defining opposite corners of a rectangle - and the drone just goes and does its stuff. I imagine it doesn't have to fly high.
Regarding image quality -
If I take a photo of the ground using my phone, from, say, 1.7m off the ground, the resolution is ok to a degree, but I actually want it a bit better. If I take a photo of the ground using my phone from, say, 20cm, then the resolution is excellent for what I want to do, but of course the area covered is only about 30cm x 30cm. Ideally I want 2x2m images with enough resolution so that I can zoom in to a 30x30cm square and get as much resolution as I would have, if I had taken the photo using my phone from 20cm above the ground. Sorry if that sounds confusing!
I realise this forum is specifically for Phantoms, but as I am totally new to drones, if there is something you can recommend - even if it's something else - I'd be most appreciative.
Many thanks, and I look forward to learning about drone piloting here.
Chris.
