I have a Phantom 3 Pro, I am using an iPhone with the DJI Go app and my laptop is a MacBook.  I am trying to develop a process (workflow) for capturing photos, videos and log files for each flight.  It appears to me that DJI records the same flight log data in a variety of filetypes: .txt (text), .csv (comma separated variable) and .dat (data files who's format is defined by the creating application).  It appears that they all contain the same data, so why 3 different formats?  There are different tools for displaying data, but the resulting maps appear identical: .txt files can be displayed using this website at DJI: https://www.phantomhelp.com/LogViewer/Upload/, whiel the .csv and .dat files can be viewed using variety of 3rd party log viewer apps, however this one: https://www.mapsmadeeasy.com/log_viewer, won't read either the .Dat or .CSV files created by my Phantom 3 Pro.  Seems like there is more going on here than I am understanding - can anyone explain why there are 3 file types, what are the differences and is there one type I should be selecting over another?

Sorry if this is an obvious question.

thanks,
- Derrick

I think csv is comma separated values.

The phantomhelp site is not a DJI site, it was developed by a DJI customer/pilot just like you and is shared with the community.

Here is a site which was developed to allow you the ability to read the dat files:  https://datfile.net/Doc/intro.html

Again, this is a site developed by a customer/pilot just like you and is shared with the community.

Here is a recent thread from another forum showing some of the things you can see by viewing the dat files:  https://phantompilots.com/thread ... pdated-poll.141803/

Good luck.

I am trying to develop a process (workflow) for capturing photos, videos and log files for each flight.
DJI already saves the recorded flight data with each flight record in the app for you.
There's no need to do it separately.