Hi all,
Just joined today, looking for some drone surveying pointers.
Some background: I do nighttime artificial lighting surveys measuring light levels, using a 'light meter' in various areas. However, some of these areas arent practical to reach by foot i.e. at tree canopy height. I have started looking into using drones to essentially recreate what I am capable of doing at ground level.
Ideally, I would like to pre-program the drones flight path in the office, using selected GPS points with the drone staying at each location for a few seconds to take readings. Also, it would need to be able to move upwards / downwards in a specified height e.g. meters too.
The drone will need to have GPS capabilities within ~1m accuracy. I also need the drone to be able to output its GPS location at its specific time, i,e. XXLat XXLong , XX seconds/minute/hour/ etc. This is so I can line up the drones position with light meter readings which are exported to an excel sheet in the manner listed.
I have attached a couple of images that show the spatial range of what my survey would entail (red X - reading location). Key part of this is that it would be at night time, which I imagine makes things trickier.
Any help is highly appreicated. This could be software reccs, networks, products etc. I am a total newbie to this so bear this in mind!
Just joined today, looking for some drone surveying pointers.
Some background: I do nighttime artificial lighting surveys measuring light levels, using a 'light meter' in various areas. However, some of these areas arent practical to reach by foot i.e. at tree canopy height. I have started looking into using drones to essentially recreate what I am capable of doing at ground level.
Ideally, I would like to pre-program the drones flight path in the office, using selected GPS points with the drone staying at each location for a few seconds to take readings. Also, it would need to be able to move upwards / downwards in a specified height e.g. meters too.
The drone will need to have GPS capabilities within ~1m accuracy. I also need the drone to be able to output its GPS location at its specific time, i,e. XXLat XXLong , XX seconds/minute/hour/ etc. This is so I can line up the drones position with light meter readings which are exported to an excel sheet in the manner listed.
I have attached a couple of images that show the spatial range of what my survey would entail (red X - reading location). Key part of this is that it would be at night time, which I imagine makes things trickier.
Any help is highly appreicated. This could be software reccs, networks, products etc. I am a total newbie to this so bear this in mind!
