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  • AMann
    Sorry, but getting unsolicited SPAM email is the worse- I wouldn’t do it.
  • AMann
    AMann replied to the thread Drone app shows street names.
    I simply Google’d your question: AI Overview: “The app you're looking for is DJI GS Pro (Ground Station Pro), which was designed for iPad and includes features like maps with street names for professional flight planning. Older or other DJI...
  • AMann
    Great! Thanks for clarifying and good luck with the sale!
  • AMann
    I appreciate and thank you for looking out for the Pilots @AMann ! No scam for me, though. I've actually had some clients and missions, and have been flying with it recently. I'll update the flight time and battery cycle counts, for whoever is...
  • AMann
    Just a warning- this seller is is using a different membership name with the same ad and is not responding to anyone on the Mavicpilots forum either…. It may be a legit sale and/or is already gone, but just be careful with this sale. We had...
  • AMann
    AMann reacted to adm_geomatics's post in the thread More Drone Use Cases with Like Like.
    Well, the #1 reason for not choosing Metashape now is because it has Russian origins, but in my opinion it's marketing. I actually had our IT department tell me that we would never get Metashape because of its origins and it's a "security risk"...
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    AMann reacted to adm_geomatics's post in the thread Wanted: Mavic 3 Thermal with Like Like.
    Thank you for this. I will keep it in mind.
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    AMann replied to the thread Wanted: Mavic 3 Thermal.
    That 30T is a great workhorse and it looks like a good deal, I would go for that. But if you are stretched, there is currently a M3T for sale (it’s not mine and I do not know the seller) in the Mavic Pilots Forum...
  • AMann
    Thanks for the input. You are right, a multispectral agricultural camera on any drone would have worked, but I’m just a poor student with a Mavic Pro 2. Also, as I needed to match the 1 meter ground resolution of the pre-fire NAIP imagery, and...
  • AMann
    Ardupilot is open source and there are a lot of commercially available flight controllers that are compatible with it. Hope you have a recovery chute on the thing- fly safe!
  • AMann
    Hi, and thanks for the good questions! I chose using my Mavic 2 Pro because that’s what I have…. In terms of image resolution, one can use just about any type of drone for this project since the ground resolution had to be limited to 1 meter in...
  • AMann
    I’ve done it for quite accurate 3D modeling for a historic recordation project, which isn’t really that different from mapping. It was for a CalTrans job at a historic bridge and the shadows hid the internal structure underneath the bridge deck...
  • AMann
    If I don’t have corner coordinates and it is just an illustration, I use MS Paint - seriously! If I do have coordinates, I use either QGIS or ArcGIS. And yeah, for the title of the drawing and in the file name for it, I always use the word...
  • AMann
    You could use HDR (high Dynamic Range) processing. It’ll take longer, but do at least two RAW mode (.dng, not .jpg) images (3 would be best) while parked at a dead stop above each photo point. Make one shot with a shorter exposure set for the...
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    AMann replied to the thread 4 Square mile ranch.
    The USGS Earth Explorer site has free 1-meter resolution geotiffs that are flown every other year. OP should look into those if all his friend needs is a map of the entire 4sq miles. They are quite good and can be paired with LIDAR data from the...
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    AMann reacted to jaja6009's post in the thread 4 Square mile ranch with Like Like.
    What is your friend hoping to get from this? Is this just for visualization of the property does he want absolute accuracy to include elevations for contours. Some points to think about Below 80 70 overlap (You can go lower, but with such a...
  • AMann
    I just finished this project for my GIS class and wanted to share the results (see attached report). If anyone is interested in doing budget vegetation mapping for habitat analysis, recovery, wetlands delineation, etc., this may be a good...
  • AMann
    I’m going to get yelled at here for suggesting this on just the low technical quality of the image, but I spliced the entire set of my Dad’s 8mm and his Super 8mm films in chronological order on 2 separate reels, and set up the films to project...