Hello, I'm just trying to track down a drone provider but I'm not sure if anyone here has ideas of the kind of specifications I should be asking for. I assume that it should have a GPS enabled camera and some sort of path following feature. Anything else?
Thank you everybody for your input so far. Best regards Mishari On Jul 28, 2016 12:29 PM, "Oleksiy Muzalyev" <[email protected]> wrote: > Power poles, wires, wind, trees are usual dangers for multirotor aircraft > too. There is also an issue of a large bird attack. These risks could be > mitigated via sport flying. > > I usually train sport flying at a stadium very early in the morning when > there no people there. I have got a small trainer quadcopter, several > foldable Air Gates, and Air Flags. There are also gates at an American > football field with high poles, which are good for learning to fly in > narrow spaces. > > I have an impression that birds being excellent fliers themselves can > immediately see the level of piloting skills of a RPAS (Remotely Piloted > Aircraft System) pilot. If they see that it is an friendly experienced > pilot they usually do not attack. In any case I regularly train diving and > other BFM <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_fighter_maneuvers> . > > In addition to aerial images I also film aerial video. Video provides an > additional information. For example, recently I filmed a medieval > Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi fortress [1] in Ukraine. I upload a video to > Wikimedia, add a video link to the Wikidata page, and add wikidata tag to > the OSM map for this object. > > Wikimedia accepts videos only in open OGG and WEBM formats. Unfortunately, > some quality is always lost during conversion to these formats. You can see > the same HD video at youtube and compare the quality [2]; I tried all > convertors which I could find for Mac. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi_fortress > [2] https://youtu.be/C-kQjmzlY7A > > On 27/07/16 23:42, [email protected] wrote: > > Yes, ballons and kites is a good community-engaged method; in my > particular case we face problems with the public-lab-ballon-kit because > irregular power poles/wires at a low height, plus some wind present during > the activity, so it wasn't possible (and a little insecure). Regarding > stiching it was not so easy to deal with 89 pictures using the MapKnitter > (version 1 1/2 years ago), so by the moment aerial orthophotomosaics > software seems to be the option. Another point regarding ballons is the > cost of the helium. > > About security (and mobile apps) you should consider to create a previous > relationship with the community, so start with workshops or other > activities. In my particualr case for the replication in other slums in > Colombia, the conclution to my proposal was "not recommended". If your > focus is catastral, ultra-high-res aerial imagery is the better way, mobile > apps can create ancyllary pictures, very useful indeed > <https://hotosm.org/updates/2016-07-27_introducing_the_mapillary_humanitarian_mapping_kit_in_partnership_with_hot>. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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