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, even...
Wow that is pretty cool!
Thank you very much for sharing!
I only know very basic information on vegetation mapping, so please go easy on my questions.
You chose the hardware since this was low cost? Would a Mavic 3M have produced better...
I'll add to @Dave Pitman 's great advice in that this would be one of those times appropriate for image editing. I use ACDSee to batch correct image exposure while maintaining the geotags containing the RTK geotags and accuracy properties. I have...
Do both.
Start out by getting your Part 107. You can easily self study and pass if you are self motivated. Pilot Institute also offers a pretty good class that will refund some portion of the course cost if you fail.
You can always start out...
You will have to connect the controller to a computer.
Power on the controller
Once on wait for boot-up
Swipe down from the top of the screen to access Android menu
Choose the USB connected and choose Turn on USB Storage Hit OK
Your computer...
Sunny weather in the summer will help. It will solar load the ground making it hotter. It will make the water evaporate quicker making those areas cooler.
It's possible to find leaks with a thermal. In the summer when hot the water leaks will appear cold and in the winter vice versa.
Farmers with drones do this often to find broken irrigation lines and to look for too much watering in sections.
AVUSI has these Trusted Operator certificates that they make you pay a lot of money for.
The college I work at part time thought about going that route, but didn't.
APSA is the Airborne Public Safety Association and offers a course called BPERP...
Working in Public Safety, I see TFR's as being a totally misunderstood point when flying. Whether an agency is operating under Part 107 or Part 91, TFR's are misunderstood.
As part of a solid preflight check, the RPIC MUST check for TFR's in...