What exactly is my X5's elevation?
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pcasaday
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Flight distance : 9590 ft
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I spot checked the elevation today and compare to satellite acquired lidar data. I'm way off.
My .jpg data has "Altitude" of 325.034. Image was captured on the ground btw.
Compare that to satellite captured lidar data which is 1334' ASL.
Using the meters to feet converison of 325.034 x 3.28084 = 1066.384514.
What am I missing here? This has apparently been happening since I've had the camera.


2016-9-21
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markaguille
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Flight distance : 2031818 ft
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Good question and one I'm sure a lot of us wanting an answer to. Same thing with the X3, seems to change every flight. I believe DJI are aware of this. Major pain in the butt when trying to do 3d mapping.

Mark G.
2016-9-25
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Lidar
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Thanks for the reply Mark. I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this.
2016-9-25
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Lidar
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Spot checked a photo taken at ground level again last night. It was only 10 meters higher than lidar data this time. Then compared the ground photo to one taken at DJI Go stated 395'. The elevation increase was accurate to 1m.
I understand a variable of +/- 5m, but 100m is kind of crazy.
2016-9-28
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