Hi All,
I've moved along quite a bit with my P4 RTK and Agras T20, and have successfully mapped and sprayed about 50 acres or so. It's been a good learning experience, and the actual spraying results were excellent. If I was a paying customer I'd be happy, and that's what this will be all about soon as my licenses are close to completion.
I'd like to do a bit better with my mapping though, in particular my settings on my P4 RTK.
My first maps were at 1.5 pix/cm, and it's a bit hard to make out the finer branches on trees etc. My associate is using a Matrice 300, and his maps at 1 pix/cm are (obviously) much better. I realize he has much better/faster hardware, but I'd like to map at the same resolution even if it takes longer.
I'm wondering if someone here can take me through the settings and give me a list of what will work best for my drone. I'm not looking for cinematography or survey grade, just good maps that will work well in Terra Ag for the purpose of spraying with an Agras T20/T30/T40 drone.
Things like distortion correction... on or off? I think Terra Ag does it when reconstructing, but I'm not sure.
White balance (or was that exposure)... Cloudy, sunny or farmland? And do I set that in camera settings or when I actually plan the mission?
But basically I'm hoping someone would be kind enough to take me through, step by step and set this P4 RTK up with a simple/solid set of values that works for my application. I'm using the basic controller with the built in screen and app, which is fine for me. I've also got a more advanced controller that runs a tablet and external mapping apps, but I want to learn the basics first.
I'm actually a real farmer with a very good knowledge of the local weeds and the chemicals used to control them. I hope to be a successful drone spraying contractor.
Thanks very much in advance for any help offered.
I've moved along quite a bit with my P4 RTK and Agras T20, and have successfully mapped and sprayed about 50 acres or so. It's been a good learning experience, and the actual spraying results were excellent. If I was a paying customer I'd be happy, and that's what this will be all about soon as my licenses are close to completion.
I'd like to do a bit better with my mapping though, in particular my settings on my P4 RTK.
My first maps were at 1.5 pix/cm, and it's a bit hard to make out the finer branches on trees etc. My associate is using a Matrice 300, and his maps at 1 pix/cm are (obviously) much better. I realize he has much better/faster hardware, but I'd like to map at the same resolution even if it takes longer.
I'm wondering if someone here can take me through the settings and give me a list of what will work best for my drone. I'm not looking for cinematography or survey grade, just good maps that will work well in Terra Ag for the purpose of spraying with an Agras T20/T30/T40 drone.
Things like distortion correction... on or off? I think Terra Ag does it when reconstructing, but I'm not sure.
White balance (or was that exposure)... Cloudy, sunny or farmland? And do I set that in camera settings or when I actually plan the mission?
But basically I'm hoping someone would be kind enough to take me through, step by step and set this P4 RTK up with a simple/solid set of values that works for my application. I'm using the basic controller with the built in screen and app, which is fine for me. I've also got a more advanced controller that runs a tablet and external mapping apps, but I want to learn the basics first.
I'm actually a real farmer with a very good knowledge of the local weeds and the chemicals used to control them. I hope to be a successful drone spraying contractor.
Thanks very much in advance for any help offered.