22 mission templates

Area surveys

Nadir or near-nadir lines over a drawn area, for orthomosaics, DSMs and coverage.

• Grid85 wp · 55 mA nadir lawnmower survey of a drawn area, for orthomosaics and elevation models.
• Double grid477 wp · 55 mA cross-hatched survey: the grid flown twice at crossing bearings, for 3D reconstruction of an area.
• Corridor116 wp · 50 mParallel lanes along the long axis of a drawn strip, for roads, rails, pipelines and riverbanks.
• Solar100 wp · 30 mRow-aligned passes over a solar array, for RGB or thermal capture.
• Magnetic245 wp · 40 mMain survey lines plus perpendicular tie lines at constant altitude, for magnetometer surveys.
• Smart adaptive125 wp · 36.7–55 mA uniform grid plus a finer, lower, cross-hatched pass over regions that warrant a closer look.
• Roof inspection12 wp · 35 mA stop-and-shoot grid over a roof: the aircraft halts at each point to photograph it.

Structures

Camera aimed at a wall, a box, a tower, a turbine or a dome, from a stand-off distance.

• Facade169 wp · 8–28 mColumns and rows of photos across one wall, at stand-off, camera level and facing the wall.
• Facade mapping729 wp · 8–28 mA denser facade capture for photogrammetric 3D models of a wall.
• Multi-facade693 wp · 8–24 mA facade pass on every wall of a building, each wall with its own stand-off, heights and spacing.
• Box104 wp · 25–40 mA rectangular circuit around a building at stand-off, camera aimed at the building's centre.
• Tower288 wp · 20–45 mStacked rings around a tower or mast, each ring photographing the section beside it.
• Wind turbine59 wp · 26.7–120 mTower, nacelle and both faces of each blade of a parked wind turbine.
• Dome1312 wp · 5–28 mRings that follow a dome's curve, with the camera on the surface normal, for silo caps and domed roofs.

Routes and points

Paths around or along something, single-point captures, and joined missions.

• Orbit48 wp · 32.5–47.5 mCircles around a point of interest at one or more heights, camera aimed at the subject.
• Closed loop72 wp · 22.5–38 mContinuous loops around a structure at one or more radii, without stopping at corners.
• Linear34 wp · 45 mCaptures along a drawn route line, heading locked along it, for pipelines, rail, power lines and rivers.
• Lateral15 wp · 25 mSide-on photos of a linear asset from a parallel line at stand-off.
• Waypoints4 wp · 50 mA route through drawn waypoints, with a choice of heading behaviour.
• Panorama9 wp · 60 mA hover at one point, rotating to photograph the horizon for a stitched panorama.
• 360 bubble99 wp · 60 mA hover at one point covering the whole sphere below the horizon, for a 360 photo sphere.
• Linked mission135 wp · 32.5–55 mTwo or more saved missions joined into one sortie, with planned transitions between them.

How these pages are made

Each template was planned through the same API call the desktop app makes (Api.plan_mission), at development commit 0ae10e4, over synthetic test shapes placed in Aukerman Park. Synthetic test geometry placed in Aukerman Park, Ohio (41.30420 N, 81.75200 W): rectangles, strips, an L-shaped and a rectangular building footprint, and drawn route lines, sized per template (see test_inputs). Planned through app.api.Api.plan_mission (the same call the desktop app makes) with the Api defaults: 55 m unless stated, 75 % forward and 65 % side overlap, 8 m/s, mavic2pro camera profile, no terrain model, 20 m minimum and 120 m maximum altitude unless stated.