Recent content by UAV_Mapper

I tried that today and was pleasantly surprised that it worked. I did provide documentation, but it took less than an hour. I last tried it several years ago and it took days to get a response and they were never satisfied with the documentation that we provided and we eventually just farmed the...

We're contracted at the Federal level and as such, we have some special conduits for getting airspace waivers in disaster areas. Amusingly, that's been an easier "green light" than getting the DJIs to unlock.

Thanks, I'll reach out to them and see. Based on my previous requests, I imagine it could take a while, but maybe they'll surprise me this time.

We've got some contract work at one of the large western wildfires and there are close to a dozen overlapping unlock zones near where we're mapping. I assume that I have to click on each area (~9) and go through the unlocking procedure for each one, every 3 days. Does anyone know if having...

Thank you!

A few things, for those curious about how RTK/PPK drones can work. First off, I haven't used the P4RTK, mostly because of the issue from OP. Second, RTK/PPK can be used without GCPs and can give you amazing results (<0.2' RMSE) all by itself. I've worked with AirGon's Loki and the eBee RTK...

Looking for an X4S, please let me know if you've got one available. Thanks!

Thanks, I wasn't sure if them posting that today changed anything.

This was posted this morning on the Federal Registry. Maybe someone with more legal knowledge can tell me if this is waiting to be approved, or has been approved...

How much of a difference? 10% 50% 3,000%? Were they calculating using in-situ volumes prior to moving dirt? There are a ton of different variables that can go into throwing a comparison off, but at least you have three consistent readings.

Add control when you get your model in Pix4D or PhotoScan, just like any other project with GCPs. During the import feature, you can choose how many frames you want to extract. If you've got ground control (which would make this easier) than the geotagging isn't really necessary. Having...

For anyone else looking for a similar, but automated workflow, Pix4D and PhotoScan/MetaShape both have the ability to import and extract still images from videos. I've only played with it a couple of times, but it works fairly well.

We've been noticing the same thing with our M200 and some of the sensors that we have for it, specifically the XT2. The hardware is way out in front of the software, which makes the hardware almost unusable. Apps either don't recognize the camera or machine, or the ones that do tend to have...

I think that this is a prudent response, but it's not a legal response (i.e., the FAA does not have a definition for safety radii). I understand that you're just trying to share your colleague's response, but I wanted to make that note in case someone tried to use it in a legal manner or to...

I'd recommend against a manual mapping flight, if at all possible. You'll get much better results with the automatic mission and you can concentrate on all of the other things going on with the flight. To shoot roads, we generally setup the mission to fly over the fog line or outside of the...