Recent content by WildDoktor

Hey all; thanks for the feedback! I didn't mean to cause any concern or mini-heart attacks; my apologies. I already knew before asking the question(s) that I'm NOT ever going to provide - or even pretend to provide - surveys, or survey-grade info to a client, and what a mess that could turn...

Wow!!

Hey all...it's been a minute since I've been around. :-) I'm continuing (finally, now that it's stopped raining!) to do orthos and panos for a 35-ish acre job site. I've heard for many years that overlaying an ortho into the cad representation of a site is the bees knees; many many benefits...

I'm just seeing this (haven't visited this site in a while!); this is awesome, for several reasons! Question: how did this opportunity happen? Did you contact them, or did they contact you? Or something else entirely?

Not discounting all the other replies here; I like them too! But I do admit that I'm curious about this approach; I've seen it mentioned several times but I've not found as thorough or simple and explanation as yours, @skiptv, so thank you for this! A few questions: - I'm guessing the flat...

I needed manual for a zero grid last weekend and used Aloft. Got an email 2 days later saying the request was canceled due to no reply from ATC. I let the potential client know, and they hired somebody else. No doubt they now have illegally obtained aerial data. May the fleas of a thousand...

I've not heard of a state requiring you to register the drone with them...doesn't sound right; you should do some research on that. My city requires all businesses to register with them, and annually sends out a long and scary document that you have to fill out, declaring the value of every...

Does that mean that every map that DroneDeploy has ever made which was provided by a non-licensed surveyor is then subject to litigation?

Thanks for the replies guys! I absolutely know that I'm not a surveyor (I don't even play one on the internet!), and made that plain to him early on in our conversation. I was just curious what types of aerial photos a licensed surveyor would be able to use if they even used aerial photos. As...

Hey all; I've got a guy who bought a lot in a city up in NorCal that burned to the ground (the whole city!) a couple years ago. He contacted me asking if I could use my drone "for survey pictures". Of course I told him I'm not a licensed surveyer, so I can't offer a survey; but I can take...

Thanks; I'll check my DD missions. But the fact that this happens with every app except go4 (because there's no way to start an automated mission from the ground in the go4 app) makes me think it's something else.

That's a topic with as many opinions as there are people, and one I've done a little research on myself. Here's a great thread about it. Research, and research some more!

Thanks @R.Perry; are you talking about the "fly to 7' and hover" issue? Or the "unable to fly with IOS" issue? Regardless, every problem I have happens in every airspace I've tried to fly in...both Class D airspace (200' and 300' laanc squares) and Class G airspace. Same issue. And yeah...

I updated to the latest Android DD version, and the "fly to 7' and hover" thing still happens...but at least the "Plan upload failed: The damping check is failed(231)" error is gone. So if I manually fly to 50' or so, then click "start", it'll fly the 2 mission types that are available on...

We had a break in the weather, so I rolled back DD to version 4.65 and tested. Still can't launch from the ground with the props off (well I can, but it only starts the props, rises to 7' and hovers there), but if I start from 15' in the air, it now runs the missions again. Thanks again for the...